Samuel Cook
SILLIMAN (SYLLYMAN)
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Born: 12 November 1742
Samuel Cook had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Samuel Cook SILLIMAN (SYLLYMAN) died 15 February 1795 in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
m. Dinah Comstock (m. June 28, 1792)
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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
Death — 179515 February 1795
New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
He died at the age of 52.
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