Margaret DEMPSEY

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22 November 1725 , Danvers, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

abt. 1765 , Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Born: 22 November 1725 in Danvers, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father: Unknown

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Margaret married Patrick SHAYS (SHAY) 22 November 1744 in Hopkinton, Province of Massachusetts Bay . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Patrick SHAYS (SHAY) was born abt. 1720 in Ireland.

Margaret DEMPSEY died abt. 1765 in Province of Massachusetts Bay.

daughter of Christopher Dempsey and Eliza

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Margaret DEMPSEY married

Patrick SHAYS (SHAY)
Marriage date: 22 November 1744
Marriage place: Hopkinton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Children of Patrick SHAYS (SHAY) and Margaret DEMPSEY

Daniel Ogden SHAYS

Born: August 1747, Hopkinton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 29 September 1829, Sparta, New York, USA

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Birth — 1725
22 November 1725
Danvers, Province of Massachusetts Bay

1744 Marriage / Partner
Margaret DEMPSEY and Patrick SHAYS (SHAY) 22 November 1744, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA

She was 19 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Daniel Ogden SHAYS was born August 1747, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA

Margaret was 21 years old.

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

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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