Esther HEALY

Born

23 February 1798 , Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Died

16 May 1877 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Moses HEALY Esther HAMMOND

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Born: 23 February 1798 in Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Moses HEALY

Mother: Esther HAMMOND

Paternal grandparents: Samuel HEALY , Phebe CURTIS

Maternal grandparents: Ebenezer HAMMOND , Susanna WILLARD

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Esther married Jedediah MARCY 3 December 1816 . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jedediah MARCY was born 19 October 1794 in Dudley, Massachusetts, USA. Jedediah died 10 May 1877 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Jedediah was the child of Jedediah MARCY and Ruth LEARNED.

Esther HEALY died 16 May 1877 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Esther HEALY married

Jedediah MARCY
Marriage date: 3 December 1816
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Jedediah MARCY was the child of Jedediah MARCY and Ruth LEARNED

Children of Jedediah MARCY and Esther HEALY

Esther Hammond MARCY

Born: 17 October 1817, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 15 May 1851, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Israel Clapp TROW 9 November 1836 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Lucian Healy MARCY

Born: 31 August 1819, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 6 September 1877, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Sarah JACOBS 1 September 1857 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

John Mason MARCY

Born: 12 September 1822, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 30 December 1915, Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA

Married: Mary H WHITACRE 18 February 1858

William Andrew MARCY

Born: 3 May 1829, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 25 October 1908, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1798
23 February 1798
Dudley, Massachusetts, USA

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

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1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1816 Marriage / Partner
Esther HEALY and Jedediah MARCY 3 December 1816,

She was 18 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1817 Birth of Child
Esther Hammond MARCY was born 17 October 1817, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Esther was 19 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Lucian Healy MARCY was born 31 August 1819, , Massachusetts, USA

Esther was 21 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
John Mason MARCY was born 12 September 1822, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Esther was 24 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1829 Birth of Child
William Andrew MARCY was born 3 May 1829, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Esther was 31 years old.

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1836 Marriage of Child
Esther Hammond MARCY married 9 November 1836, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Israel Clapp TROW

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1851 Death of Child
Esther Hammond MARCY died 15 May 1851, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Esther was 53 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1857 Marriage of Child
Lucian Healy MARCY married 1 September 1857, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA to Sarah JACOBS

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

Death — 1877
16 May 1877
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 79.

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1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
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1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state