Marilla Diantha FRANCIS

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5 February 1799 , Massachusetts, USA

Died

7 December 1852 , Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 5 February 1799 in Massachusetts, USA

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Marilla Diantha married James Harvey CLAPP December 1815 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James Harvey CLAPP was born 5 March 1792 in Massachusetts, USA. James Harvey died 23 April 1871 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA.

Marilla Diantha FRANCIS died 7 December 1852 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA.
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Marilla Diantha FRANCIS married

James Harvey CLAPP
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Children of James Harvey CLAPP and Marilla Diantha FRANCIS

John Francis CLAPP

Born: 27 June 1819, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 28 July 1882, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Married: Susan Rich BROWN 25 November 1844 Place: Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1799
5 February 1799
Massachusetts, USA

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

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

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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.

1815 Marriage / Partner
Marilla Diantha FRANCIS and James Harvey CLAPP December 1815,

She was 16 years old.

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

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1819 Birth of Child
John Francis CLAPP was born 27 June 1819, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

Marilla Diantha was 20 years old.

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

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
John Francis CLAPP married 25 November 1844, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA to Susan Rich BROWN

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

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

Death — 1852
7 December 1852
Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 53.

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Mount Hope Cemetery

Belchertown, Massachusetts

Belchertown, Massachusetts, 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