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James Emerson 1720–1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Reading, Massachusetts

Death Date: 29 November 1808

Death Location: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Ebenezer EMERSON

Mother: Mary Boutwell

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James Emerson was born in 1720 in Reading, Massachusetts, the child of Ebenezer Emerson And Mary Boutwell. James Emerson passed away in 1808 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • James Emerson was born in 1720 in Reading, Massachusetts, the child of Ebenezer Emerson And Mary Boutwell.
  • James Emerson passed away in 1808 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

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James Emerson's Ancestors

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James Emerson
1720–1808
Birth Place: Reading, Massachusetts
Parents
Ebenezer EMERSON
1677–1751
Mendon, Massachusetts
Mary Boutwell
1685–1737
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Joseph Emerson
1620–1680
England
Elizabeth Buckley
1623–1653
Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
James Boutwell
1642–1716
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Rebecca Kendall
1644–1713
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Emerson
1584–1666
Elizabeth Brewster
1584–1666
Margaret Immigrant
1600–1670
James Boutell
1617–1651
Alice Lyng
1607–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ortus Emersone
1561–1620
Susanna Crabbe
1556–1626
Myldred Hall
1575–1628
Myldred Hall
1575–1628
James Boutell
1576–1640
Sarah White
1586–1623
John Lyngs
1581–1686
Anna Whiskin
1585–1631

James Emerson's Timeline

3 Records

1719
17 Jan 1719
James Emerson was baptized
None
1720
1720
Birth of James Emerson in Reading, Massachusetts
Reading, Massachusetts
1808
29 November 1808
Age 88
Death of James Emerson in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Reading, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 17 Jan 1719
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 November 1808
    Event Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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