Benjamin Boylston CUSHING

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20 June 1766 , Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

abt. 1867 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: 20 June 1766 in Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Benjamin Boylston married Martha YOUNG abt. 1788 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha YOUNG was born abt. 1763 in Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania. Martha died 4 November 1845 in Harmony, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Benjamin Boylston CUSHING died abt. 1867 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada .
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Benjamin Boylston CUSHING married

Martha YOUNG
Marriage date: abt. 1788
Marriage place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

Children of Benjamin Boylston CUSHING and Martha YOUNG

Charles Mott CUSHING

Born: 3 August 1791, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 12 September 1887, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Jane FREEMAN 20 January 1821

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Birth — 1766
20 June 1766
Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 Birth of Child
Charles Mott CUSHING was born 3 August 1791, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Benjamin Boylston was 25 years old.

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)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Martha YOUNG died 4 November 1845, Harmony, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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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