Benjamin Franklin TRIPP

(b. 23 March 1804 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 November 1889 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA )

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Benjamin Franklin TRIPP was born 23 March 1804 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Benjamin Franklin TRIPP was the child of John TRIPP and Bathsheba POTTER and the grandchild of: (paternal) John TRIPP and Penelope BRIGHTMAN (maternal) Stokes W POTTER and Phoebe DURFEE

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Benjamin Franklin married Patience GIFFORD 11 December 1834 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Patience GIFFORD was born 2 June 1806 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). Patience died 23 January 1878 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). Patience was the child of Richard GIFFORD and Rebecca COOK.

Benjamin Franklin TRIPP died 7 November 1889 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA .
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Benjamin Franklin TRIPP married

Patience GIFFORD-- Date: 11 December 1834 Place: Westport, Massachusetts, USA
Patience GIFFORD was the child of Richard GIFFORD and Rebecca COOK

Children of Benjamin Franklin TRIPP and Patience GIFFORD:

Cook Gifford TRIPP (b.16 February 1844, Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 March 1920, Westport, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Ellen Maria SNELL 23 July 1864 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

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1804 Birth
23 March 1804
Westport, Massachusetts, USA

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1834 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin Franklin TRIPP and Patience GIFFORD 11 December 1834, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

He was 30 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Cook Gifford TRIPP was born 16 February 1844, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point)

Benjamin Franklin was 39 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States