When Lydia Winsor was born on 1 January 1767, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Reverend John Winsor, was 43 and her mother, Mercy Smith, was 38. She married Emor Olney in 1796. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died after 1806, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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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.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.
English: variant of Windsor . This is the spelling used for places so named in Devon and Hampshire.
Perhaps also an Americanized form of German Winzer .
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