Job married Mary SLOCUM
10 March 1765
in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
.
The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Mary SLOCUM
was born
abt. 1745
in
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA.
Mary died
28 June 1823
in
Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts).
Mary was the child of Thomas SLOCUM and Unknown UNKNOWN.
Job DURFEE died
abt. 1789
in Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations .
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1765 DURFEE DURFEE Job, of Job, of Tiverton, and Mary Slocum, of Thomas, of Portsmouth m. by Jonathan Freeborn, Justice (also 2-133), March 10, 1765. 77 Marriage Portsmouth
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Title Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical, Volume 4 Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical, William Richard Cutter Authors William Richard Cutter, American Historical Society Publisher The American historical society (inc.), 1916 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Jun 9, 2007 Page 216
The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)
Prior to 1633 - New England 1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations 1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England 1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state
Job
DURFEE
Mary SLOCUM
, 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Jun 9, 2007
Page 216){kind=small}
1765 Marriage / Partner
1766 Birth of Child
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)
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