Benjamin BURT

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abt. 1764 , Crown Colony of Connecticut

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30 November 1859 , Douglas, York, New Brunswick, Canada

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Benjamin BURT Rebecca FOLLETT

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Born: abt. 1764 in Crown Colony of Connecticut

Father: Benjamin BURT

Mother: Rebecca FOLLETT

Paternal grandparents: Seaborn BURT , Susannah LOBDELL

Maternal grandparents: Joseph FOLLETT , Anna TONGUE

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Benjamin married Hannah POWELL? abt. 1795 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hannah POWELL? was born abt. 1752 in York, Acadia. Hannah died abt. 1810 in Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada.

Benjamin BURT died 30 November 1859 in Douglas, York, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Hannah POWELL?
Marriage date: abt. 1795
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Children of Benjamin BURT and Hannah POWELL?

Mary Polly BURTT

Born: abt. 1795, Oromocto, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: James O FOSTER 1812

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

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

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

Death — 1859
30 November 1859
Douglas, York, New Brunswick, Canada

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The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England
1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state

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