flag female ancestor  Olive  JOY

  (b. 24 June 1787 Cohasset, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay   d. 12 November 1860 Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Olive JOY was born 24 June 1787 in Cohasset, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Olive JOY was the child of Jared JOY   and   Olive LITCHFIELD

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Olive  married  Jacob PRATT 21 November 1811 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jacob PRATT  was born 7 August 1774 in Massachusetts, USA.  Jacob died 6 August 1853 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA.  Jacob was the child of Aaron PRATT and Bridget COLLIER.

Olive JOY died 12 November 1860 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA.
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Olive JOY married flag male ancestor Jacob PRATT-- Date: 21 November 1811 Place: Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Jacob PRATT was the child of Aaron PRATT and Bridget COLLIER




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birth1787 Birth
24 June 1787
Cohasset, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
marriage1811 Marriage / Partner
Olive JOY and Jacob PRATT 21 November 1811, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

She was 24 years old.
NewsThe 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.
1816 Birth of Child
Elisha Warren PRATT was born 1 July 1816, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Olive was 29 years old.
1820 Birth of Child
Lillias (Lillie) Joy PRATT was born 19 September 1820, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Olive was 33 years old.
1824 Birth of Child
Olive Lincoln PRATT was born 20 May 1824, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Olive was 36 years old.
NewsFrom 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.
marriage1842 Marriage of Child
Lillias (Lillie) Joy PRATT married 3 April 1842, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA to Minot PRATT
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1848 Death of Child
Olive Lincoln PRATT died 20 May 1848, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Olive was 60 years old.
1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacob PRATT died 6 August 1853, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
death1860 Death
12 November 1860
Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

She died at the age of 73.
Added: 12/6/2020 11:54:27 AM - Updated: 12/6/2020 12:00:23 PM
Did You Know?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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