Ancestral Trails 2016 » William EMERSON (1743-1776)

Persoonlijke gegevens William EMERSON 

• Hij is geboren op 31 mei 1743 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
• Hij is overleden op 20 oktober 1776 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, USA, hij was toen 33 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven oktober 1776 in Pleasant Street Cemetery, West Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, Verenigde Staten.
• Een kind van Joseph EMERSON en Mary MOODY

Gezin van William EMERSON

Hij is getrouwd met Phoebe BLISS.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1766 te Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Rebecca EMERSON  1775-1845
2. Phoebe EMERSON  1772-1839
3. William EMERSON  1769-1811 
4. Mary Moody EMERSON  1774-1863

Notities over William EMERSON

Revolutionary War Figure. He was the minister in the town of Concord, Massachusetts, from 1765 to 1776. In 1770, near the soon-to-be-famous North Bridge in that town he built his home, which would later become known as the "Old Manse." From his pulpit he preached resistance to oppression by the English Parliament. On April 19, 1775, the first day of the American Revolution, he pleaded with the leaders of the American militia to launch an immediate attack on the British regulars instead of waiting for reinforcements. His demands were ignored, but when the fighting did begin, Emerson anxiously watched the battle unfold from his own land. In August of 1776, he left the Manse to serve as chaplain of the American army at Fort Ticonderoga. It was there he caught dysentery, which lead him to resign his commission to return home. He was able to make it as far as Rutland, Vermont, before becoming too ill to travel. It was there he died and was buried in an unmarked grave. He is the grandfather of the author Ralph Waldo Emerson as well.

Bio by: Eric Thomsen @ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8014671/william-emerson

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