Margaret
WETHERWAX
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Born: 15 August 1771 in Dutchess County, Crown Colony of New York
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Margaret married Stephen TOMPKINS . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Stephen TOMPKINS was born 1 August 1771 in Dutchess County, New York, USA. Stephen died abt. 1843 in Norway, New York, USA. Stephen was the child of Stephen TOMPKINS and Sarah SARLES.
Margaret WETHERWAX died 28 August 1844 in Norway, New York, USA.
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Stephen TOMPKINSMarriage place:
Stephen TOMPKINS was the child of Stephen TOMPKINS and Sarah SARLES
Children of Stephen TOMPKINS and Margaret WETHERWAX
Nathaniel TOMPKINSDied: 15 October 1880, Gray, New York, USA
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Birth — 177115 August 1771
Dutchess County, Crown Colony of New York
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1798 Birth of ChildNathaniel TOMPKINS was born 8 July 1798, Norway, New York, USA
Margaret was 26 years old.
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.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. 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Death — 184428 August 1844
Norway, New York, USA
She died at the age of 73.
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New York was named after the English Duke of York and Albany (and the brother of England's King Charles II) in 1664 when the region called New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1664 - New Amsterdam
1664 - 1687 - New York Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New York
July 26, 1788 - Virginia becomes 11th U.S. state
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