Harriett Byron BROWNELL

Born

14 March 1803 , Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

Died

17 March 1847 , Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

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Harriett Byron BROWNELL was born 14 March 1803 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

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Harriett Byron married James Davis PECKHAM 22 December 1824 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James Davis PECKHAM was born 4 January 1801 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville). James Davis died 22 December 1849 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville). James Davis was the child of Isaac PECKHAM and Phebe WILBUR.

Harriett Byron BROWNELL died 17 March 1847 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA .

daughter of Edmund Brownell and Priscilla Briggs

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James Davis PECKHAM-- Date: 22 December 1824 Place: Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA
James Davis PECKHAM was the child of Isaac PECKHAM and Phebe WILBUR

Children of James Davis PECKHAM and Harriett Byron BROWNELL

James Edmund PECKHAM (b.6 March 1839, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA d. 3 June 1923, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Hannah Borden SOULE 31 January 1860 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

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1803 Birth
14 March 1803
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

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 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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

1824 Marriage / Partner
Harriett Byron BROWNELL and James Davis PECKHAM 22 December 1824, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

She was 21 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
James Edmund PECKHAM was born 6 March 1839, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville)

Harriett Byron was 36 years old.

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