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Zilpha "Drew" WADSWORTH was born 6 January 1778 in Duxbury, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Zilpha "Drew" WADSWORTH was the child of Peleg WADSWORTH   and   Elizabeth BARTLETT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Peleg WADSWORTH and Lusanna SAMPSON

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Zilpha "Drew"  married  Stephen LONGFELLOW abt. 1805 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child. Stephen LONGFELLOW  was born 23 March 1776 in Gorham, Maine, USA.  Stephen died 3 August 1849 in Portland, Maine, USA (Deering). 

Zilpha "Drew" WADSWORTH died 13 March 1851 in Portland, Maine, USA .
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birth1778 Birth
6 January 1778
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury)

Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury)
Colonial Inn, Built 1783
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury)
Old Department Store, 1912

Old Ford Store and Old Boarding House, built about 1826

Fire destroyed what is believed to be the first department store in America recently, when the old Ford store of Duxbury, Massachusetts burned to the ground. Clipper ships of New England brought goods from Europe and the West Indies for sale over its counters. The store was built in 1826.

The Dearborn Independent
Dearborn, Michigan
November 12, 1921
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1807 Birth of Child
Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW was born 27 February 1807, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

Zilpha "Drew" was 29 years old.
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
marriage1831 Marriage of Child
Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW married 14 September 1831, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering) to Mary Storer POTTER
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1843 Marriage of Child
Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW married 13 June 1843, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA to Fanny Elizabeth APPLETON
1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
Stephen LONGFELLOW died 3 August 1849, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)
death1851 Death
13 March 1851
Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

She died at the age of 73.


Postcards and Memories of Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

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Did You Know?America - Did you know? December 15, 1791 - First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified.
Did You Know?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

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