Jemima POLLEY

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abt. 1751 , Malden, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

31 December 1818 , River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: abt. 1751 in Malden, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Jemima married Nathaniel N O'BRIEN abt. 1770 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nathaniel N O'BRIEN was born abt. 1745 in Acadie. Nathaniel N died April 1770 in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Jemima POLLEY died 31 December 1818 in River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Nathaniel N O'BRIEN
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Barnabas Collins O'BRIEN

Born: 1 April 1770, Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: abt. 1834, , Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Catharine DOWNING 23 November 1793

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1770 Birth of Child
Barnabas Collins O'BRIEN was born 1 April 1770, Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Nathaniel N O'BRIEN died April 1770, , Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

Death — 1818
31 December 1818
River Philip, Cumberland, 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