Key Figures in New England’s Era of Independence and Expansion

List of People: New England

New England leaders deeply influenced American independence and westward growth. John and Samuel Adams championed liberty and national sovereignty, while Daniel Webster defended federal unity. Meanwhile, regional entrepreneurs and pioneers helped drive industrialization and westward migration.

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Year	New England
1591	Birth of Anne Hutchinson (Location: Alford, Lincolnshire, England (present-day Lincolnshire, England))
1603	Birth of Roger Williams (Location: London, England (present-day City of London))
1643	Death of Anne Hutchinson
1663	Birth of Cotton Mather (Location: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America (present-day Boston, Massachusetts, USA))
1683	Death of Roger Williams
1706	Birth of Benjamin Franklin (Location: Boston, Massachusetts, Present-day United States)
1722	Birth of Samuel Adams (Location: Present-day Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
1725	Birth of James Otis Jr. (Location: Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (West Barnstable area))
1727	Birth of Horatio Lloyd Gates (Location: Maldon, Essex, England, Present-day United Kingdom)
1728	Death of Cotton Mather Birth of Mercy Otis Warren (Location: Present-day Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States)
1732	Birth of George Washington (Location: Near Westmoreland County, Virginia, Present-day United States (Popes Creek))
1734	Birth of Paul Revere (Location: Boston, Massachusetts, Present-day United States) Birth of Robert Morris (Location: Liverpool, England, Great Britain) Birth of Daniel Boone (Location: Near present-day Douglassville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
1736	Birth of Patrick Henry (Location: Hanover County, Virginia, Present-day United States)
1737	Birth of John Hancock (Location: Braintree, Massachusetts, Present-day United States (present-day Quincy area)) Birth of Thomas Paine (Location: Present-day Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom)
1741	Birth of Joseph Warren (Location: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
1742	Birth of Nathanael Greene (Location: Potowomut, near Warwick, Rhode Island, Present-day United States (Forge Farm))
1743	Birth of Thomas Jefferson (Location: Present-day Shadwell, Virginia, U.S. (near present-day Charlottesville))
1744	Birth of Elbridge Gerry (Location: Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States) Birth of Abigail Adams (Location: Present-day Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States) Birth of Abigail Smith Adams (Location: Present-day Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States)
1747	Birth of John Paul Jones (Location: Kirkbean, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, Present-day United Kingdom (near Arbigland Estate))
1750	Birth of Stephen Girard (Location: Bordeaux, France)
1752	Birth of George Cabot (Location: Salem, Massachusetts, United States)
1757	Birth of Alexander Hamilton (Location: Near Charlestown, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis)
1758	Birth of James Monroe (Location: Present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia, U.S.) Birth of Noah Webster (Location: Present-day West Hartford, Connecticut, United States)
1767	Birth of Andrew Jackson (Location: Around Lancaster County (present-day South Carolina). However, the exact birth place is not conclusively determined, and it could also be on the North Carolina side) Birth of John Quincy Adams (Location: Present-day Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. (then Braintree))
1770	Birth of William Clark (Location: Present-day Caroline County, Virginia, U.S.)
1772	Birth of Josiah Quincy III (Location: Present-day Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
1774	Birth of Meriwether Lewis (Location: Near present-day Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S. (near Ivy))
1775	Death of Joseph Warren
1783	Death of James Otis Jr.
1786	Death of Nathanael Greene
1790	Death of Benjamin Franklin
1792	Death of John Paul Jones
1793	Death of John Hancock
1799	Death of Patrick Henry Death of George Washington
1803	Birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Location: Present-day Boston, Massachusetts, United States) Death of Samuel Adams
1804	Death of Alexander Hamilton
1806	Death of Horatio Lloyd Gates Death of Robert Morris
1809	Death of Thomas Paine Death of Meriwether Lewis
1814	Death of Mercy Otis Warren Death of Elbridge Gerry
1818	Death of Paul Revere Death of Abigail Adams Death of Abigail Smith Adams
1820	Death of Daniel Boone
1823	Death of George Cabot
1826	Death of Thomas Jefferson
1831	Death of James Monroe Death of Stephen Girard
1838	Death of William Clark
1843	Death of Noah Webster
1845	Death of Andrew Jackson
1848	Death of John Quincy Adams
1864	Death of Josiah Quincy III
1882	Death of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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