Grace SHAW

(b. 20 October 1707 , Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 3 May 1755 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )

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Grace SHAW was born 20 October 1707 in Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Grace SHAW was the child of Israel SHAW and Mercy Ruth TALLMAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Anthony SHAW and Alice STONARD (maternal) Peter TALLMAN and Joan BRIGGS

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Grace married Edward CHURCH 2 October 1729 in Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Edward CHURCH was born 22 February 1705 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville). Edward died 1 January 1761 in Falmouth, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. Edward was the child of John CHURCH and Rebeckah BLACKMAN.

Grace SHAW died 3 May 1755 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Grace SHAW married

Edward CHURCH-- Date: 2 October 1729 Place: Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Edward CHURCH was the child of John CHURCH and Rebeckah BLACKMAN

Children of Edward CHURCH and Grace SHAW:

Grace CHURCH (b.6 June 1736, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 27 April 1831, Plainfield, New Hampshire, USA )
m. John WESTGATE 6 June 1756 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Edward CHURCH (b.18 April 1744, Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 22 September 1801, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Elizabeth RIGBY 16 October 1766

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1707 Birth
20 October 1707
Little Compton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1729 Marriage / Partner
Grace SHAW and Edward CHURCH 2 October 1729, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

She was 21 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Grace CHURCH was born 6 June 1736, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

Grace was 28 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Edward CHURCH was born 18 April 1744, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

Grace was 36 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Death
3 May 1755
Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

She died at the age of 47.

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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