Ancestral Trails 2016 » Dorcas BROOKS (1755-1847)

Personal data Dorcas BROOKS 

Source 1
  • She was born in the year 1755 in Shillington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
  • She was baptized on June 22, 1755 in All Saints, Shillington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire.Source 2
  • She died June 1847 in Shillington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, she was 92 years old.
  • She is buried on June 14, 1847 in All Saints, Shillington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire.Source 3

Household of Dorcas BROOKS

She is married to Amos CARTER.

They got married on October 11, 1773 at Shillington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, she was 18 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas CARTER  1799-???? 
  2. Elizabeth CARTER  1775-????
  3. Dorcas CARTER  1777-1781
  4. Ann CARTER  1795-1825 
  5. John CARTER  1789-1851 
  6. Sarah CARTER  1797-1845 
  7. Amos CARTER  1784-1865 
  8. Dorcas CARTER  1782-1868 
  9. James CARTER  1792-1850 
  10. Mary CARTER  1779-1851 
  11. Esther CARTER  1781-1847


Notes about Dorcas BROOKS

daughter of Richard BROOKS and Elizabeth WEAVER

1841 widow aged 85, living at Green End, Shillington in the home of her son and daughter in law, Amos and Caroline Carter, and family.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dorcas BROOKS

Dorcas BROOKS
1755-1847

1773

Amos CARTER
1742-1802

Thomas CARTER
1799-????
Elizabeth CARTER
1775-????
Dorcas CARTER
1777-1781
Ann CARTER
1795-1825
John CARTER
1789-1851
Sarah CARTER
1797-1845
Amos CARTER
1784-1865
Dorcas CARTER
1782-1868
James CARTER
1792-1850
Mary CARTER
1779-1851
Esther CARTER
1781-1847

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Sources

  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. Shillington Parish Register
    daughter of Richard BROOKS and Elizabeth WEAVER
  3. National Burial Index version 2
    aged 94

Historical events

Christening day June 22, 1755

  • The temperature on June 22, 1755 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1755: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
    • April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
    • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
    • July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
    • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

Day of marriage October 11, 1773

  • The temperature on October 11, 1773 was about 13.0 °C. There was 114 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: droog. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1773: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
    • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
    • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
    • June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
    • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
    • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Day of burial June 14, 1847

  • The temperature on June 14, 1847 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 16 » John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
    • July 24 » Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
    • September 6 » Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
    • October 16 » The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
    • November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
    • November 29 » The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.

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