Gabriel DAVENPORT

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abt. 1760 , Westchester, Crown Colony of New York

Died

October 1843 , Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Born: abt. 1760 in Westchester, Crown Colony of New York

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Gabriel married Abigail WOLVERTON abt. 1795 in New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abigail WOLVERTON was born abt. 1776 in Newton, Crown Colony of New Jersey. Abigail died 2 April 1852 in Richmond, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Gabriel DAVENPORT died October 1843 in Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Gabriel DAVENPORT married

Abigail WOLVERTON
Marriage date: abt. 1795
Marriage place: , New York, USA

Children of Gabriel DAVENPORT and Abigail WOLVERTON

Joseph Barton DAVENPORT

Born: abt. 1798, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Margaret TOMPKINS 1839

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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)

Death — 1843
October 1843
Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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New York was named after the English Duke of York and Albany (and the brother of England's King Charles II) in 1664 when the region called New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1664 - New Amsterdam
1664 - 1687 - New York Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New York
July 26, 1788 - Virginia becomes 11th U.S. state

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