flag male ancestor  Joshua  SWETT

  (b. 10 January 1763 Westbrook, Maine, New England   d. 20 April 1851 Gorham, Maine, USA )  

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Joshua SWETT was born 10 January 1763 in Westbrook, Maine, New England

Joshua SWETT was the child of Stephen SWETT   and   Elizabeth HALE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joshua SWETT and Hannah WEBSTER (maternal)  John HALE and Mary NOYES

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Joshua  married  Mary BAILEY .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary BAILEY  was born 29 December 1769 in Westbrook, Maine, USA (Saccarappa) (Cumberland Mills).  Mary died 22 August 1849 in Gorham, Maine, USA.  Mary was the child of David BAILEY and Mary BLANTON.

Joshua SWETT died 20 April 1851 in Gorham, Maine, USA.
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Mary BAILEY was the child of David BAILEY and Mary BLANTON




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birth1763 Birth
10 January 1763
Westbrook, Maine, New England
1790 Birth of Child
Clark SWETT was born 6 December 1790, Falmouth, Maine, USA

Joshua was 27 years old.
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.
marriage1823 Marriage of Child
Clark SWETT married 7 June 1823, Gorham, Maine, USA to Martha EDWARDS
1839 Death of Child
Clark SWETT died 5 May 1839, Gorham, Maine, USA

Joshua was 76 years old.
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)
1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary BAILEY died 22 August 1849, Gorham, Maine, USA
death1851 Death
20 April 1851
Gorham, Maine, USA

He died at the age of 88.
Added: 9/12/2016 9:18:53 AM - Updated: 12/23/2016 9:35:11 AM
Did You Know?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

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