flag male ancestor  Hugh  MOSHER

  (b. 17 March 1722 Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. abt. 1789 Adams, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Hugh MOSHER was born 17 March 1722 in Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Hugh MOSHER was the child of Daniel MOSHER   and   Mary UNKNOWN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Hugh MOSHER and Rebecca MAXSON (MAXON)

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Hugh  married  Elizabeth BUTTS 3 October 1740 in New Bedford, Province of Massachusetts Bay .  The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Elizabeth BUTTS  was born 5 December 1719 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA (Adamsville). 

Hugh  married  (2) Molly Mary SPRAGUE 2 May 1773 in Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA .  Molly Mary SPRAGUE  was born 14 September 1733 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater). 

Hugh MOSHER died abt. 1789 in Adams, Massachusetts, USA.
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Hugh MOSHER married flag female ancestor Elizabeth BUTTS-- Date: 3 October 1740 Place: New Bedford, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
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bride's name: Elizebeth Butts
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marriage date: 03 Oct 1740
marriage place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
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indexing project (batch) number: I00794-1
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 574885
reference number: 43


Children of Hugh MOSHER and Elizabeth BUTTS:

flag female ancestor Mary (Mercy) MOSHER (b.24 April 1743, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. abt. 1790, Stillwater, New York, USA)

flag male ancestor John MOSHER (b.abt. 1744, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. , )

flag male ancestor Gabriel MOSHER (b.abt. 1745, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. 1 June 1785, Williamstown, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay)

flag female ancestor Ruth MOSHER (b.abt. 1746, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. , )

flag male ancestor Hugh MOSHER (b.abt. 1749, Dutchess County, Crown Colony of New York  d. abt. 1781, , Canada)

flag male ancestor Cornelius MOSHER (b.abt. 1760, Dutchess County, Crown Colony of New York  d. abt. 1825, Columbia Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA)




Hugh MOSHER married flag female ancestor Molly Mary SPRAGUE-- Date: 2 May 1773 Place: Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA


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birth1722 Birth
17 March 1722
Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
marriage1740 Marriage / Partner
Hugh MOSHER and Elizabeth BUTTS 3 October 1740, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

He was 18 years old.
1743 Birth of Child
Mary (Mercy) MOSHER was born 24 April 1743, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Hugh was 21 years old.
marriage1773 Marriage / Partner
Hugh MOSHER and Molly Mary SPRAGUE 2 May 1773, Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, USA

He was 51 years old.
1785 Death of Child
Gabriel MOSHER died 1 June 1785, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Hugh was 63 years old.
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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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