Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" LANE

(b. 12 May 1793 , Brownfield, Massachusetts (District of Maine) d. 24 August 1879 , )

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Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" LANE was born 12 May 1793 in Brownfield, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" LANE was the child of ? and ?

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Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" married Thomas MOULTON 2 November 1810 in Scarborough, Massachusetts (District of Maine) . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Thomas MOULTON was born 17 July 1785 in Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro). Thomas died 1 January 1841 in Buxton, Maine, USA (Bar Mills). Thomas was the child of John MOULTON and Mary BURNHAM.

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" LANE died 24 August 1879

daughter of John Lane

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Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" LANE married

Thomas MOULTON-- Date: 2 November 1810 Place: Scarborough, Massachusetts (District of Maine)
Thomas MOULTON was the child of John MOULTON and Mary BURNHAM

Children of Thomas MOULTON and Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" LANE:

John MOULTON (b.26 October 1811, Scarborough, Massachusetts (District of Maine) d. 4 June 1818, )

Charles MOULTON (b.5 June 1813, Buxton, Massachusetts (District of Maine) d. 6 December 1879, )

Ivory MOULTON (b.23 February 1816, Scarborough, Massachusetts (District of Maine) d. 24 November 1842, )

John L MOULTON (b.3 October 1818, Scarborough, Massachusetts (District of Maine) d. , )

Mary MOULTON (b.10 April 1821, Scarborough, Maine, USA d. 19 February 1899, Buxton, Maine, USA )

Nathan MOULTON (b.26 April 1824, Scarborough, Maine, USA d. abt. 1826, Scarborough, Maine, USA )

Alcestes L MOULTON (b.8 March 1828, Buxton, Maine, USA d. 2 September 1861, Buxton, Maine, USA )

Eliza MOULTON (b.22 January 1830, Buxton, Maine, USA d. , )

Hannah MOULTON (b.21 November 1832, Buxton, Maine, USA d. 21 March 1910, Buxton, Maine, USA )

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1793 Birth
12 May 1793
Brownfield, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" LANE and Thomas MOULTON 2 November 1810, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

She was 17 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
John MOULTON was born 26 October 1811, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 18 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Charles MOULTON was born 5 June 1813, Buxton, Maine, USA (Bar Mills)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 20 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Ivory MOULTON was born 23 February 1816, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 22 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 Birth of Child
John L MOULTON was born 3 October 1818, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 25 years old.

1821 Birth of Child
Mary MOULTON was born 10 April 1821, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 27 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Nathan MOULTON was born 26 April 1824, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 30 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Alcestes L MOULTON was born 8 March 1828, Buxton, Maine, USA (Bar Mills)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 34 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Eliza MOULTON was born 22 January 1830, Buxton, Maine, USA (Bar Mills)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 36 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Hannah MOULTON was born 21 November 1832, Buxton, Maine, USA (Bar Mills)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 39 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas MOULTON died 1 January 1841, Buxton, Maine, USA (Bar Mills)

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 Death of Child
Alcestes L MOULTON died 2 September 1861, Buxton, Maine, USA (Bar Mills)

Elizabeth Hancock "Betsey" was 68 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

Added: 7/27/2016 2:40:30 PM - Updated: 3/14/2025 12:46:00 PM

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state