When Martha Eldred was born on 20 June 1720, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Eldred, was 27 and her mother, Mary Wilbur, was 24. She married Job Card on 1 November 1756, in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 10 October 1778, in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 58.
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On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
English: variant of Aldred . This form of the surname is widespread in eastern England, especially in Essex.
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