Martha Besstone
SWEET
(b.
abt. 1717
,
English Harbour, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
d.
11 March 1788
,
Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
)
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Martha Besstone SWEET was born abt. 1717 in English Harbour, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
Martha Besstone SWEET was the child of Philip Edmunds SWEET and Annabel HARVEYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Martha Besstone married Bernard BATSON abt. 1745 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Bernard BATSON was born abt. 1710 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. Bernard died 25 May 1761 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.
Martha Besstone SWEET died 11 March 1788 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.
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Bernard BATSON-- Date: abt. 1745 Place:
Children of Bernard BATSON and Martha Besstone SWEET:
Martha BATSON (b.abt. 1745, English Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada d. 17 June 1824, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada)
m. Joseph PINHORN 10 October 1766
Bernard BATSON-- Date: abt. 1745 Place: Children of Bernard BATSON and Martha Besstone SWEET:
Martha BATSON (b.abt. 1745, English Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada d. 17 June 1824, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada)m. Joseph PINHORN 10 October 1766
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1761 Death of Spouse/PartnerBernard BATSON died 25 May 1761, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1788 Death 11 March 1788
Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
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