Eleanor WRIGHT

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abt. 1645 , Newburyport, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

29 August 1672 , Newburyport, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Born: abt. 1645 in Newburyport, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Eleanor married Richard BRYER (BRIAR) 21 December 1665 in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Richard BRYER (BRIAR) was born abt. 1640 in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony . Richard died 31 July 1696 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Richard was the child of Francis BRYER and Susan WARDSTOCK.

Eleanor WRIGHT died 29 August 1672 in Newburyport, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Eleanor WRIGHT married

Richard BRYER (BRIAR)
Marriage date: 21 December 1665
Marriage place: Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Richard BRYER (BRIAR) was the child of Francis BRYER and Susan WARDSTOCK

Children of Richard BRYER (BRIAR) and Eleanor WRIGHT

Edith BRIAR

Born: 27 December 1670, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1702, Kittery, Maine, New England

Married: Joseph WEEKS 1696 Place: Kittery, Maine, New England

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

1665 Marriage / Partner
Eleanor WRIGHT and Richard BRYER (BRIAR) 21 December 1665, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Birth of Child
Edith BRIAR was born 27 December 1670, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

Death — 1672
29 August 1672
Newburyport, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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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