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1761 Birth
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Name: Robert Lawton Gender: Male baptism/ christening date: baptism/ christening Place: Birth Date: 16 Sep 1761 birthPlace: DARTMOUTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS Death Date: name note: Race: father's Name: George Lawton father's birthPlace: father's Age: mother's Name: Peace mother's birthPlace: mother's Age: indexing project (batch) number: C50003-1 system origin: Massachusetts-ODM source Film Number: 823562 reference number:
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
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)
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