Benjamin married Amy CHASE
12 March 1734
in Freetown, Province of Massachusetts Bay
.
The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amy CHASE
was born
21 July 1702
in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Amy was the child of Benjamin CHASE and Amey BORDEN.
Benjamin DURFEE died
23 March 1793
in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA .
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Birth — 1709 5 January 1709 Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)
Prior to 1633 - New England 1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations 1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England 1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state
Benjamin
DURFEE
Amy CHASE
Birth — 1709
1734 Marriage / Partner
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
Death — 1793
The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)
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