Sarah (Sally) Lewis GORHAM

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12 May 1793 , Harwich, Massachusetts, USA

Died

4 June 1878 , Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

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Lewis GORHAM Sarah PHINNEY

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Born: 12 May 1793 in Harwich, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Lewis GORHAM

Mother: Sarah PHINNEY

Paternal grandparents: Nathaniel GORHAM , Anna LEWIS

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Sarah (Sally) Lewis married Barnabas HINCKLEY 30 January 1817 in Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Barnabas HINCKLEY was born 14 April 1783 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis). Barnabas died 3 January 1852 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis).

Sarah (Sally) Lewis GORHAM died 4 June 1878 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA .

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Sarah (Sally) Lewis GORHAM married

Barnabas HINCKLEY
Marriage date: 30 January 1817
Marriage place: , Massachusetts, USA

Children of Barnabas HINCKLEY and Sarah (Sally) Lewis GORHAM

Susan Taylor HINCKLEY

Born: 10 May 1825, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 13 February 1907, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: John Henry PAINE 15 May 1847 Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis)

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Birth — 1793
12 May 1793
Harwich, Massachusetts, USA

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Genealogy

1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The 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.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Sarah (Sally) Lewis GORHAM and Barnabas HINCKLEY 30 January 1817, , Massachusetts, USA

She was 23 years old.

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1825 Birth of Child
Susan Taylor HINCKLEY was born 10 May 1825, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis)

Sarah (Sally) Lewis was 32 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From 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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1847 Marriage of Child
Susan Taylor HINCKLEY married 15 May 1847, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis) to John Henry PAINE

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Barnabas HINCKLEY died 3 January 1852, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis)

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

Death — 1878
4 June 1878
Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 85.

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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