Ancestral Glimpses » Caleb Merriman (1665-1703)

Personal data Caleb Merriman 

  • He was born on May 16, 1665 in New Haven, Connecticut, British America.
  • He died on July 19, 1703 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, British America, he was 38 years old.
  • A child of Nathianiel Merriman and Joan Lines
  • This information was last updated on November 17, 2008.

Household of Caleb Merriman

He is married to Maria Preston.

They got married on July 9, 1690, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Moses Merriman  1691-????
  2. Elizabeth Merriman  1693-????
  3. Elsapeth Merriman  1695-1758
  4. Hannah Merriman  1698-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Caleb Merriman

Joan Lines
1628-1709

Caleb Merriman
1665-1703

1690

Maria Preston
1674-1755

Moses Merriman
1691-????
Elizabeth Merriman
1693-????
Elsapeth Merriman
1695-1758
Hannah Merriman
1698-????

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Birthday May 16, 1665

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1665: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 4 » English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
    • March 6 » The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal.
    • April 8 » English colonial patents are granted for the establishment of the Monmouth Tract, for what would eventually become Monmouth County in northeastern New Jersey.
    • June 3 » James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
    • October 5 » The University of Kiel is founded.
    • October 29 » Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga.

Day of marriage July 9, 1690

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1690: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 3 » The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
    • February 15 » Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
    • June 14 » King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
    • July 1 » Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
    • August 24 » Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
    • September 25 » Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.

Day of death July 19, 1703

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
    • May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
    • July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
    • July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
    • August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
    • December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.


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