Robert
PAINE
(b.
14 May 1770
,
Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
d.
28 July 1798
,
Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Robert PAINE was born 14 May 1770 in Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Robert PAINE was the child of Robert Treat PAINE and Sarah Sally COBB and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas PAINE and Eunice TREAT (maternal) Thomas COBB and Lydia LEONARDRobert PAINE died 28 July 1798 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA .
graduate of Harvard College, never married
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1770 Birth 14 May 1770
Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1798 Death 28 July 1798
Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 28.
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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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