Robert
ABELL
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Born: 11 November 1721 in Rehoboth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Robert ABELL died 22 September 1800 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA.
m. Mary Thompson
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Birth — 172111 November 1721
Rehoboth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
Name: Robert Abell
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 22 Sep 1800
Death Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 79
Birth Date: 1721
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03114-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1987644
Reference ID: p 219
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHBF-98Z : 10 December 2014), Robert Abell, 22 Sep 1800; citing Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, reference p 219; FHL microfilm 1,987,644.'
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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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