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Name: David Brownell Gender: Male Birth Date: 02 Apr 1776 BirthPlace: WESTPORT,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name: George Brownell Mother's Name: Rhoda
Other information in the record of David Brownell Name: David Brownell Gender: Male Birth Date: 02 Apr 1776 BirthPlace: WESTPORT,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name: George Brownell Mother's Name: Rhoda
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50009-1 System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM GS Film Number: 0873749 IT 3
'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FZVB-5PX : 10 February 2018), Rhoda in entry for David Brownell, 02 Apr 1776; citing WESTPORT,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873749 IT 3.
The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)
1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England 1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony 1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England 1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony 1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay 1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)
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