NameMary WOODWARD 2919
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Widow
Spouses
Birth Date16 Dec 1732
Death Date29 Oct 1797 Age: 64
FatherJoel BAILY Jr. (1697-~1775)
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Joel was a person of scientific attainments, and assisted in observing the transit of Venus* in 1769.2919
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Joel and his second wife Margaret were married on the day the Declaration of Independence was announced.3



*A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the solar disk. For the 1769 transit, scientists traveled to Hudson Bay, Baja, California (then under Spanish control) and Norway.313
Family ID4298
Marr Date28 Nov 17932919
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