Betsey SPRING

Born

28 June 1787 , Crown Colony of New Hampshire

Died

27 February 1877 , Greenland, New Hampshire, USA

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Josiah Converse SPRING Elizabeth "Betsey" CLARK

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Born: 28 June 1787 in Crown Colony of New Hampshire

Father: Josiah Converse SPRING

Mother: Elizabeth "Betsey" CLARK

Paternal grandparents: Converse SPRING , Mary LEARNED

Maternal grandparents: Aaron CLARK , Anna FANNING

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Betsey married Robert MORRISON 12 September 1805 in Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Robert MORRISON was born 8 May 1784 in Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA. Robert died 25 April 1861 in Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA. Robert was the child of Robert MORRISON and Elizabeth HOLMES.

Betsey SPRING died 27 February 1877 in Greenland, New Hampshire, USA.
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Betsey SPRING married

Robert MORRISON
Marriage date: 12 September 1805
Marriage place: Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA
Robert MORRISON was the child of Robert MORRISON and Elizabeth HOLMES

Children of Robert MORRISON and Betsey SPRING

Josiah Spring MORRISON

Born: 12 January 1808, Hancock, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 8 April 1889, Acworth, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Phebe KNIGHT 5 September 1831 Place: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1787
28 June 1787
Crown Colony of New Hampshire

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 Marriage / Partner
Betsey SPRING and Robert MORRISON 12 September 1805, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA

She was 18 years old.

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1808 Birth of Child
Josiah Spring MORRISON was born 12 January 1808, Hancock, New Hampshire, USA

Betsey was 20 years old.

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.

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

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Josiah Spring MORRISON married 5 September 1831, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA to Phebe KNIGHT

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

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.

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Robert MORRISON died 25 April 1861, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA

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.

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Village Cemetery Peterborough Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA

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Death — 1877
27 February 1877
Greenland, New Hampshire, USA
She died at the age of 89.

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Village Cemetery Peterborough Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA

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New Hampshire was named by Captain John Mason after Hampshire, England. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1686 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New Hampshire, New England
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New Hampshire
June 21, 1788 - New Hampshire becomes 9th U.S. state

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