flag male ancestor  Perley  BALCH

  (b. 5 August 1783 Topsfield, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay   d. 2 May 1858 Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Perley BALCH was born 5 August 1783 in Topsfield, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Perley BALCH was the child of Roger BALCH   and   Sarah PERLEY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  John BALCH and Rebecca SMITH

Perley BALCH died 2 May 1858 in Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA.
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birth1783 Birth
5 August 1783
Topsfield, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
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.
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.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1858 Death
2 May 1858
Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 74.
Added: 3/20/2025 7:41:55 PM - Updated: 3/20/2025 7:41:55 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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