Benjamin
WEST
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Born: abt. 1765
Benjamin WEST died 27 December 1844 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA.
Mother: Susan
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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Name: Benjamin West
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 27 Dec 1844
Death Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 79
Birth Date: 1765
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Father's Name: Henry West
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Mother's Name: Susan
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03114-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1987644
Reference ID: p 1 item 8
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHBF-7JB : 10 December 2014), Benjamin West, 27 Dec 1844; citing Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, reference p 1 item 8; FHL microfilm 1,987,644.'
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