Mary PIERCE

Born

4 April 1727 , Charlestown, Province of Massachusetts Bay*

Died

2 September 1790 , Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA

Mary married Samuel MAY abt. 1746 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Samuel MAY was born 25 December 1725 in Wethersfield, Crown Colony of Connecticut. Samuel died 18 February 1793

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mary PIERCE

Mary PIERCE married

Samuel MAY
Marriage date: abt. 1746
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Children of Samuel MAY and Mary PIERCE

Hezekiah MAY

Born: 21 January 1755, Wethersfield, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 18 October 1793, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA

Joseph MAY

Born: abt. 1757,
Died: 19 February 1807, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA

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Birth — 1727
4 April 1727
Charlestown, Province of Massachusetts Bay*

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

1755 Birth of Child
Hezekiah MAY was born 21 January 1755, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA

Mary was 27 years old.

1775 - Paul Revere's famous ride (April 18)

1775 - First shots of Revolutionary War fired in Lexington and Concord. (April 19)

1776 - American Declaration of Independence (July 4)

1776 - Congress renames the nation 'United States of America' (September 9)

1777 - The Articles of Confederation Were Adopted (November 15)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 - The Continental Congress Ratified the Treaty of Paris Ending the Revolutionary War (January 14)

1787 - U.S. Constitution ratified (September 17)

1789 - George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States

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Death — 1790
2 September 1790
Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
She died at the age of 63.

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Wethersfield Village Cemetery Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

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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