Ebenezer FESSENDEN

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30 July 1775 , Barre, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

4 August 1856 , Québec Province, Canada

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Born: 30 July 1775 in Barre, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Ebenezer married Hannah MOSS 18 December 1803 in Bridport, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hannah MOSS was born 18 October 1783 in Bridport, Vermont, USA. Hannah died 5 October 1865 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Ebenezer FESSENDEN died 4 August 1856 in Québec Province, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

A Glimpse into the Everyday Life of a Québécois Man in the Mid-1800s

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Ebenezer FESSENDEN married

Hannah MOSS
Marriage date: 18 December 1803
Marriage place: Bridport, Vermont, USA

Children of Ebenezer FESSENDEN and Hannah MOSS

Elisha Moss FESSENDEN

Born: 19 September 1808, Brome, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Died: 21 August 1851, Berlin Township, St. Clair, Michigan, USA

Married: Alice Elsie TIBBITS 1 June 1836 Place: Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec, Canada (Shefford)

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Birth — 1775
30 July 1775
Barre, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Ebenezer FESSENDEN and Hannah MOSS 18 December 1803, Bridport, Vermont, USA

He was 28 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Elisha Moss FESSENDEN was born 19 September 1808, Brome, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Ebenezer was 33 years old.

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)

1836 Marriage of Child
Elisha Moss FESSENDEN married 1 June 1836, Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec, Canada (Shefford) to Alice Elsie TIBBITS

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)

1851 Death of Child
Elisha Moss FESSENDEN died 21 August 1851, Berlin Township, St. Clair, Michigan, USA

Ebenezer was 76 years old.

Death — 1856
4 August 1856
Québec Province, Canada
He died at the age of 81.

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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