Joshua
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Born: 15 August 1759 in Milford, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Joshua THAYER died 2 December 1812 in Leverett, Massachusetts, USA.
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Birth — 175915 August 1759
Milford, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
Name: Joshua Thayer
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 02 Dec 1812
Death Place: Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts
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Birth Date: 15 Aug 1759
Birth Place: Milford
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Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah Courtis
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07496-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 767314
Reference ID: V3-P102
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9X-TTB : 10 December 2014), Joshua Thayer, 02 Dec 1812; citing Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts, reference V3-P102; FHL microfilm 767,314.'
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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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