The Next Generations from 1700 to 1800

When Mr and Mrs. Christopher Almy passed away, their first son_ William Almy moved to America to escape from the plague, like other people in his town. Unfortunately, the way to get to America was full of obstacles and difficult of access, so people must fight for food and water to survive. One day, he found a girl who fell to the floor in a faint and he realized that girl was look very familiar, maybe they had met before. Then, he decided to take care of her, shared food with her and became her fellow- passenger. During the trip, he found out that she was born at his hometown_ Leicester, England in 1603.[1] (Family Tree, 1978) When they got to America, they knew that they could not live without each other, because they had spent lots of time together. Moreover, they were alone because they lost their family from the plague[2] (2210), so they got married to have a chance to protect each other and share memories for their rest lives.

In 1632, they had their first child. To remember his father, he named his son as his father's name_ Christopher Almy. He got marriage with Elizabeth Cornell who was born in 1637 at Saffon Walden, Essex, England. Thirty years from the marriage of Christopher, his mother died because of ages and one year after that, so did his father because of missing his wife. Another  generation of Almy family had been ended, however, in 1675, Elizabeth gave birth her son_ Job Almy. "During 1700s, some of the drugs and herbs undoubtedly worked many were more effective in speeding the patients to their graves" [3] (A History of Western Society, Volume 2: From the Age of Exploration to the Present.) And Job’s mother was one of its victims. Faith healers believed that demons and evil spirits caused sickness of his mother and exorcism was needed to heal. But actually, she just got a cold and she died because of losing too much blood and getting infected. She was buried at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, in 1708.

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After his wife's death, Christopher Almy,as an Englishman, he decided to join the War of Spanish Succession which happened from 1701 to 1713[4](A History of Western Society, Volume 2: From the Age of Exploration to the Present.), because he would like to contribute for his hometown.  On the last fight, he was got shoot from the army and died in the battle with honour. After that, his body was shifted to his home town, and was buried next to his wife.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession

Since the death of his father and mother, Job Almy was very disappointed. However, there was a girl who was Ann Lawton, was born in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, in 1680. She was the only one who was side by side with Mr. Job, took care and listenned to him. Then, they exceed the boundry which was that man and woman were not allowed to have sex before marriage. Moreover, Ann Lawton was pregnant and gave birth in 1725. Based on the law of 1700s, babies were born without marriages of parent would be illegitimate and the babies could not be baptise, means that the babies do not exist.[5](A History of Western Society, Volume 2: From the Age of Exploration to the Present.)

http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2012/02/23/legitimate-this/
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Gaspard-Felix-Tournachon-Nadar/Toujours-Bonne-A-Maid-Handing-A-Man-His-Illegitimate-Child.html

This explains why most of people who was born during 1700s, usually did not have any records about them, like Robert Almy, son of Job Almy and Ann Lawton, who was born in 1725 in Rhode Island, America.

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During this period, Almy family depended on the cottage industry to survive, which allowed couples to earn a living and marry earlier, also encouraged marriage for love rather than economic ties between families. They worked in towns attracted young men and women.  Being away from the village meant less pressure to marry when a woman became pregnant. 

It is said that Job Almy had a very humdrum existence and he and his wife died because of ages in 1743. And because of that, Robert Almy became a lonely man, so he decided to join American armed forces. Through out his life, to serve for the American Revolution, he did not stay at one place because as a soldier, he was garrisoned in many countries, like other soldiers. This  also explained why the rates of illegitimacy rose sharply between 1750 and 1850.[6]

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Moving on, when he was in Massachusetts, he was in relationship with Jenny Adams, who was born in Massachusetts, America, in 1730. Their love lasted 5 years, until he moved to New Jersey in 1755 and they were out of touch since that. That was why Robert Almy never knew that he had a son with Jenny Adams. She was 3 months pregnant in the last time she met Robert and in 1756, Frank Almy was born in Massachusetts, America. Nurture a hope that one day he could find his father, so in 1774, he joined the American armed forces and moved to Boston. Incidentally, Robert Almy realized his son, when Frank carried the traditional ring of Almy family. Finally, Frank's dream came true and they had good time with each other, eventhough war was happening. Unfortunately, good things never last long. On the fight at Bunker Hill in 1775, Robert Almy sacrified himself to protect his son from the shoot of army and died. However, Frank Almy did not have any chance to bury his father because he had to move to  Quebec City, New France to defeat of the war for the Americans[7]. After being defeated at Trois-Rivières on June 8, 1776, American forces were forced to retreat back into New York, ending the invasion of Canada.[8]. However, Frank Almy became factory workers and worked in the first factory which was held in 1800s. And in 1786, he married with his co-worker, Emily Adam, who was born in New York City in 1760. Then, in 1801, they had their first child. Their first child named Tom Almy. Based on the recent statistical studies suggest that workers' standard of living began to rise after 1820[9], that was why the living of Almy family improved very much. Therefore, in 1854, Frank Almy and Emily Adam died because of bad hygiene, and they were buried at their backyard, New York City, United States.
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References
[1] Family Tree. (1978). Retrieved 10 05, 2013, from https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MCGB-YPD
[2] (n.d.). Retrieved 10 2013, 22, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
[3][4][5][6] A History of Western Society, Volume 2: From the Age of Exploration to the Present. (n.d.). Hil lMcKay.
[7]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quebec_(1775)
[8]http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/quebec.htm
[9]A History of Western Society, Volume 2: From the Age of Exploration to the Present. (n.d.). Hil lMcKay.