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1666 Birth - Ipswich
Burnum Thomas, s. Thomas, jr. Jan. 19, 1666. CTR
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Name: Thomas Burnam Gender: Male baptism/ christening date: baptism/ christening Place: Birth Date: 19 Jan 1666 birthPlace: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Death Date: name note: Race: father's Name: Thomas Burnam father's birthPlace: father's Age: mother's Name: mother's birthPlace: mother's Age: indexing project (batch) number: C04442-7 system origin: Massachusetts-EASy source Film Number: 877468 reference number: 85 source: familysearch.org
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
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