Joshua Knight
ADAMS
(b.
1 January 1791
,
Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
d.
7 February 1876
,
Harford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
)
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Joshua Knight ADAMS was born 1 January 1791 in Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
Joshua Knight ADAMS was the child of James ADAMS and Jerusha KNIGHT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph ADAMS and Sarah BRADFORD (maternal) Jonathan KNIGHT and Elizabeth HUTCHINSJoshua Knight ADAMS died 7 February 1876 in Harford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA.
m. Peddy Tiffany, 7 November 1814
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1791 Birth 1 January 1791
Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
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.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.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
1876 Death 7 February 1876
Harford, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
He died at the age of 85.
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The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England
1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state
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