Stephen POST

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27 March 1715 , Old Saybrook, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Died

15 March 1798 , Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: 27 March 1715 in Old Saybrook, Crown Colony of Connecticut

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Stephen married Elizabeth CLARK abt. 1736 in Old Saybrook, Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth CLARK was born 21 March 1719 in Old Saybrook, Crown Colony of Connecticut . Elizabeth died 3 June 1802 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA .

Stephen POST died 15 March 1798 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Stephen POST married

Elizabeth CLARK
Marriage date: abt. 1736
Marriage place: Old Saybrook, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Children of Stephen POST and Elizabeth CLARK

Elizabeth POST

Born: 28 May 1752, Old Saybrook, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 24 February 1807, , Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Joseph SIBLEY 6 October 1783 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1715
27 March 1715
Old Saybrook, Crown Colony of Connecticut

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1752 Birth of Child
Elizabeth POST was born 28 May 1752, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony)

Stephen was 37 years old.

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

1783 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth POST married 6 October 1783, , Nova Scotia, Canada to Joseph SIBLEY

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)

Death — 1798
15 March 1798
Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
He died at the age of 83.

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The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England
1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state

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