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1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
 John Van Nostrand
 b.1702 Hempstead, Nassau Co.
 d.         
 Martin Van Nostrand
 b.1737 Queens, N.Y.
 d.1816 Brooklyn, N.Y., Kings Co.
 Lamache Ryerson
 b.1707
 d.         
 Abraham Van Nostrand
 b.         
 d.         
 Sarah Losee
 b.         
 d.1833
 Amy Smith
 b.         
 d.         




1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
 John Van Nostrand
 b.1702 Hempstead, Nassau Co.
 d.         
 Martin Van Nostrand
 b.1737 Queens, N.Y.
 d.1816 Brooklyn, N.Y., Kings Co.
 Lamache Ryerson
 b.1707
 d.         
 Abraham Van Nostrand
 b.         
 d.         
 Sarah Losee
 b.         
 d.1833
 Clara
 b.         
 d.         




1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
 John Van Nostrand
 b.1702 Hempstead, Nassau Co.
 d.         
 Martin Van Nostrand
 b.1737 Queens, N.Y.
 d.1816 Brooklyn, N.Y., Kings Co.
 Lamache Ryerson
 b.1707
 d.         
 Abraham Van Nostrand
 b.         
 d.         
 Sarah Losee
 b.         
 d.1833
 Sarah McMannus (nee Weeks)
 b.         
 d.         




1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
 Adrien Hegeman
 b.         
 d.         
 Adrian Hegeman
 b.         
 d.1776 New York
 Doortia Onderdonk
 b.         
 d.         
 Dorothy Hegeman
 b.1763 Woolv, N.Y.(Brookville)
 d.         
 Albert Van Nostrand
 b.1695 New York, NY
 d.1747
 Jan Van Nostrand
 b.1720 Jamaica, N.Y., Queens Co.
 d.1789
 Egbertie Hendrickson
 b.         
 d.         
 Echbertie Van Nostrand
 b.         
 d.         
 Jannetje Remsen
 b.1717
 d.         




1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
 Bronc Swaz
 b.         
 d.         
 Robert Swaz
 b.         
 d.         
 John Quinlisk
 b.1858 Ireland, 
 d.1908 Massachusetts, Gardner
 Lawrence Henry Quinlisk
 b.1890 Massachusetts, Gardner
 d.1968 Connecticut, Bridgeport
 Margaret M Kelly
 b.1861 Ireland, Newport Parish
 d.1949 Massachusetts, Fitchburg
 A Quinlisk
 b. Private
 d.         
 Samuel Gravelin
 b.1856 Vermont, 
 d.1937 Connecticut, Trumbull
 Elsie Louise Gravelin
 b.1897 Rhode Island, Providence
 d.1977 Connecticut, Milford
 Mary Louise LaBelle
 b.1857 Canada French
 d.1920 Connecticut, Bridgeport