Anna PORTER

Born

abt. 1768 , Woburn, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

29 January 1848 , Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Anna married Jacob TEDFORD abt. 1789 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacob TEDFORD was born abt. 1760 in Middlesex, Crown Colony of New Jersey. Jacob died 29 January 1848 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Anna PORTER married

Jacob TEDFORD
Marriage date: abt. 1789
Marriage place: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Children of Jacob TEDFORD and Anna PORTER

Frances "Fanny" TEDFORD

Born: 16 June 1793, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: abt. 1848,

Married: Robert DURKEE 1814 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

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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)

1793 Birth of Child
Frances "Fanny" TEDFORD was born 16 June 1793, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

Death — 1848
29 January 1848
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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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