Joshua DWELLEY

(b. 2 June 1689 , Scituate, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England d. abt. 1759 , Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )

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Joshua DWELLEY was born 2 June 1689 in Scituate, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England

Joshua DWELLEY was the child of Richard DWELLEY and Amey GLASS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Richard DWELLEY and Dinah UNKNOWN (maternal) Roger GLASS and Mary LAUNDER?

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Joshua married Elizabeth HOWARD 6 February 1710 in Swansea, Province of Massachusetts Bay . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Elizabeth HOWARD was born abt. 1691 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). Elizabeth died abt. 1771 in .

Joshua DWELLEY died abt. 1759 in Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations .

NOTE: There is a question as to whether his mother was Eamie Glass or Elizabeth Simmons

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Joshua DWELLEY married

Elizabeth HOWARD-- Date: 6 February 1710 Place: Swansea, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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1710 DWELLEY Joshua Dwelley and Elizabeth Howard was married february the 6:1710-11 Marriages

Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), (Orig. Pub. Boston, Massachusetts, NEHGS, Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850. Transcribed by H.L.Peter Rounds edited by Jane Fletcher Fiske and Margaret F. Costello, 1992 )

Groom's Name: Joshua Duelley (Dwelley)
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Bride's Name: Elizabeth Howard
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Marriage Date: 06 Feb 1710
Marriage Place: Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09727-9
Syst Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
Source Film Number: 22366
Reference Number: Note 3002 p14
Collection: Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916
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Children of Joshua DWELLEY and Elizabeth HOWARD:

Elizabeth DWELLEY (b.abt. 1713, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1759, Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay )

Joshua DWELLEY (b.abt. 1714, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1790, )

Amy DWELLEY (b.abt. 1719, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. , )
m. John COGGESHALL 28 December 1739 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mercy DWELLEY (b.1 July 1720, , Province of Massachusetts Bay d. , )

Margaret DWELLEY (b.abt. 1721, , Province of Massachusetts Bay d. , )

Daniel DWELLEY (b.2 October 1725, , Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 22 December 1820, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA )

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1689 Birth
1689 DWELLY Joshua, s. Richard, June 2, 1689. Birth Scituate

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
name: Joshua Dwelly
gender: Male
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birth date: 02 Jun 1689
birthplace: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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father's name: Richard Dwelly
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indexing project (batch) number: I00792-2
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 423512
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Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1710 Marriage / Partner
Joshua DWELLEY and Elizabeth HOWARD 6 February 1710, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA (Ocean Grove)

He was 20 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Birth of Child
Mercy DWELLEY was born 1 July 1720, , Massachusetts, USA

Joshua was 31 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Daniel DWELLEY was born 2 October 1725, , Rhode Island, USA

Joshua was 36 years old.

1739 Marriage of Child
Amy DWELLEY married 28 December 1739, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts) to John COGGESHALL

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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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