Mercy PRESCOTT

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5 February 1755 , Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

19 May 1809 , Salem, Massachusetts, USA

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Benjamin PRESCOTT Rebeckah MINOT

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Born: 5 February 1755 in Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father: Benjamin PRESCOTT

Mother: Rebeckah MINOT

Paternal grandparents: Benjamin PRESCOTT , Elizabeth HIGGINSON

Maternal grandparents: James MINOT , Martha LANE

Mercy PRESCOTT died 19 May 1809 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA.

married Henry Gibbs 29 Oct 1781, d. 19 May 1809

Children:
Henry Gibbs (1783 - 1791)*
Marcia Gibbs (1787 - 1791)*
Josiah Willard Gibbs (1790 - 1861)*
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Birth — 1755
5 February 1755
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

1775 - Paul Revere's famous ride (April 18)

1775 - First shots of Revolutionary War fired in Lexington and Concord. (April 19)

1776 - American Declaration of Independence (July 4)

1776 - Congress renames the nation 'United States of America' (September 9)

1777 - The Articles of Confederation Were Adopted (November 15)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 - The Continental Congress Ratified the Treaty of Paris Ending the Revolutionary War (January 14)

1787 - U.S. Constitution ratified (September 17)

1789 - George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States

George Washington Genealogy

1791 - The Bill of Rights takes effect (December 15)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

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

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Genealogy

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)

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Broad Street Cemetery Salem Essex County Massachusetts, USA

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Death — 1809
19 May 1809
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 54.

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Broad Street Cemetery Salem Essex County Massachusetts, USA

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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