d. suddenly aged 51
Capt Hezekiah Healy
Birth 8 Oct 1766
Death 28 Dec 1817 (aged 51)
Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Corbin Cemetery
Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Memorial ID 72984645
(Corbin Cemetery)
He is married to Rebecca 'Becca' Corbin.
They got married on November 14, 1798 at Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, he was 32 years old.Sources 1, 4, 5
Child(ren):
Rev. Harvey M. Lawson, Ph.B., B.D., "History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Clement Corbin of Muddy River (Brookline) Mass. and Woodstock, Conn.", 1905, REBECCA CORBIN, p.80 #84 ... "He was an ingenious mechanic, a cabinet-maker by trade, invented the "fly shuttle," *largely used before power looms became common; he traveled through the country selling looms and shuttles; set up the first power loom used by Slater at Webster. He d. Dec 28, 1817."
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*Fly Shuttle, <http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/shuttle.htm>
A fly shuttle is a mechanical device using ropes and pulleys to deliver the weft (horizontal) thread into the warp (vertical threads). The weft yarn is wound on to a bobbin and it is placed in a fly shuttle. A fly shuttle is a long, narrow canoe-shaped instrument, usually made of wood, which holds the bobbin.
After the shuttle is loaded with the weft-filled bobbin, the weaver places the shuttle onto the shuttle race, a small, narrow shelf that the shuttle glides along as it goes in and out of the weft. The weaver pulls on a rope attached to the fly shuttle mechanism and this propels the shuttle across the weft.
The invention of the fly shuttle increased the volume of cloth production and forced technological advancement in the spinning industry to supply larger amount of yarns. [SB] {MW}
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The Black Tavern in Dudley, Massachusetts is presently the only building in Dudley on the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Buildings. Three structures make up The Black Tavern; the Tavern, the annex/shop, and the Barn. The Black Tavern Historical Society (BTHS) was established in 1983 by an extremely dedicated group of preservation-minded local residents in order to save the Tavern, which was in imminent danger of being demolished.
The original structure was built in 1804 by Hezekiah Healy and opened as Healy's Inn. Hezekiah had married Becca CORBIN in 1798 and was a cabinetmaker and a captain in the local militia company. The local residents began calling his inn The Black Tavern since Hezekiah had painted the building black.
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Record for Hezekiah Healey/ Ancestry.com