Benajah WILLIAMS

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22 August 1765 , Crown Colony of New York

Died

22 November 1851 , Canada West

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Born: 22 August 1765 in Crown Colony of New York

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

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Benajah married Sarah UNKNOWN abt. 1792 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah UNKNOWN was born abt. 1770 Sarah died abt. 1798 in Stamford, Welland, Ontario, Canada.

Benajah WILLIAMS died 22 November 1851 in Canada West.
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Benajah WILLIAMS married

Sarah UNKNOWN
Marriage date: abt. 1792
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Children of Benajah WILLIAMS and Sarah UNKNOWN

John Richard WILLIAMS

Born: 22 August 1792, Welland, Upper Canada
Died: 16 October 1858, Welland, Canada West

Married: Martha BUCHNER 1810

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Birth — 1765
22 August 1765
Crown Colony of New York

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1792 Birth of Child
John Richard WILLIAMS was born 22 August 1792, Welland, Ontario, Canada

Benajah was 27 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)

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

Death — 1851
22 November 1851
Canada West
He died at the age of 86.

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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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