Mary HUMPHREY

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2 January 1645 , Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

21 April 1676 , Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Born: 2 January 1645 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Mary married Obadiah HAWES abt. 1662 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Obadiah HAWES was born abt. 1635 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. Obadiah died 5 October 1690 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset).

Mary HUMPHREY died 21 April 1676 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony .
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Obadiah HAWES
Marriage date: abt. 1662
Marriage place: Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Obediah HAWES

Born: 20 August 1663, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 16 March 1719, Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Rebecca COWEN 19 December 1693 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

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Birth — 1645
2 January 1645
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1663 Birth of Child
Obediah HAWES was born 20 August 1663, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (North Wrentham)

Mary was 18 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Death — 1676
21 April 1676
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
She died at the age of 31.

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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)

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1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
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1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state