Freedom
MOULTON
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Born: 31 October 1808 in Scarborough, Massachusetts (District of Maine)
Freedom MOULTON died 31 July 1857
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Birth — 180831 October 1808
Scarborough, Massachusetts (District of Maine)
Freedom Moulton, b. in Scarborough, Me., October 31, 1808; m. June 13, 1842, Shuah Coffin, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Fabyan) Carter; Ezra Carter (Ezra, Daniel, Ephraim of South Hampton, N. H.), her father came from Concord, N. H., to Scarborough about 1800, and was a tanner. She was b. December 20, 1811. Mr. Moulton fitted for college at Gorham Academy, but on account of difficulty with his eyes was obliged to give up his collegiate course. Taught school in Gorham and Scarborough for some years. After marriage in 1842 went to Jay, Franklin County, Me., where he remained eleven years. In 1853, removed to Scarborough and there purchased the Ezra Carter homestead on Portland road near Dunstan Corner, where he afterward resided, and continued teaching a part of every so long as he lived; was always prominent in educational matters; member of superintending school committee in Jay eleven years, and also member of superintending school committee in Scarborough; was town clerk at time of...Read full story
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state
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