Adah CLARK

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16 May 1759 , Wilbraham, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

15 July 1841 , Ware, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 16 May 1759 in Wilbraham, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Adah married Elisha Lord CLEVELAND 29 February 1780 in Palmer, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisha Lord CLEVELAND was born 12 June 1759 in Canterbury, Connecticut, USA. Elisha Lord died 19 March 1821 in Palmer, Massachusetts, USA (Bondsville) (Three Rivers).

Adah CLARK died 15 July 1841 in Ware, Massachusetts, USA.
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Adah CLARK married

Elisha Lord CLEVELAND
Marriage date: 29 February 1780
Marriage place: Palmer, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Children of Elisha Lord CLEVELAND and Adah CLARK

Joseph CLEVELAND

Born: 27 August 1798, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 8 April 1876, Mansfield, Connecticut, USA

Married: Sarah QUINTON

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Birth — 1759
16 May 1759
Wilbraham, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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)

1780 Marriage / Partner
Adah CLARK and Elisha Lord CLEVELAND 29 February 1780, Palmer, Massachusetts, USA (Bondsville) (Three Rivers)

She was 20 years old.

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

George Washington Genealogy

1791 - The Bill of Rights takes effect (December 15)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

1798 Birth of Child
Joseph CLEVELAND was born 27 August 1798, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA

Adah was 39 years old.

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 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1821 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisha Lord CLEVELAND died 19 March 1821, Palmer, Massachusetts, USA (Bondsville) (Three Rivers)

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.

Death — 1841
15 July 1841
Ware, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 82.

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1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state