Benjamin
PORTER
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Born: 4 February 1712 in Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Benjamin married Mercy DORMAN . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mercy DORMAN was born 6 September 1720 in Norton, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy died 28 December 1811 in Wendell, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy was the child of Seth DORMAN and Sarah THAYER.
Benjamin PORTER died 28 October 1793 in Wendell, Massachusetts, USA.
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Mercy DORMANMarriage place:
Mercy DORMAN was the child of Seth DORMAN and Sarah THAYER
Children of Benjamin PORTER and Mercy DORMAN
William PORTERDied: 10 February 1843, Warren, Vermont, USA
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Birth — 17124 February 1712
Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1752 Birth of ChildWilliam PORTER was born 21 August 1752, Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA (North)
Benjamin was 40 years old.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
Death — 179328 October 1793
Wendell, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 81.
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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
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