Ancestral Trails 2016 » Richard JONES (1640-1711)

Personal data Richard JONES 

  • He was born on February 8, 1640 in Chelsea, Hammersmith, Middlesex.
  • He was baptized on February 11, 1640 in St Martin in the Fields, Charing Cross, Westminster, Middlesex.
  • Title: Earl of Ranelagh
  • He died on January 5, 1711 in London, Middlesex, he was 70 years old.
  • He is buried on January 10, 1711/12 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex.

Household of Richard JONES

He is married to Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY.

They got married on October 28, 1662 at Hunsdon, Ware, Hertfordshire, he was 22 years old.


Notes about Richard JONES

Son of Arthur Jones and Lady Catherine Boyle

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Historical events

Birthday February 8, 1640

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1640: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 5 » King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
    • August 28 » Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
    • October 26 » The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles.
    • December 1 » End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.

Christening day February 11, 1640

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1640: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 5 » King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
    • August 28 » Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
    • October 26 » The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter Scotland and King Charles.
    • December 1 » End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.

Day of death January 5, 1711

  • The temperature on January 5, 1711 was about 8.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1711: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
    • August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
    • September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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