Ancestral Trails 2016 » John SCADDEN (1759-1795)

Personal data John SCADDEN 


Household of John SCADDEN

He is married to Mary WARREN.

They got married on May 20, 1777 at Symondsbury, Bridport, Dorset, he was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Moses SCADDEN  1792-???? 
  2. Esther SCADDEN  1795-???? 
  3. William SCADDEN  1785-1857 
  4. John SCADDEN  1780-???? 
  5. Mary SCADDEN  1787-????
  6. Robert SCADDEN  1782-1853 


Notes about John SCADDEN

"Western Flying Post, or Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury", for Monday, March 16, 1795.
"At Dorchester assizes, which began on Wednesday last, four prisoners were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death...." [including] "...John Scadding and Samuel Foster, for burglary in the house of Mrs. Kellaway of Evershot [ of which an account was given in our last paper]:-Thomas Foster, the other person concerned, was admitted King's evidence- John Mitten for stealing a silver watch, value 40s., the property of Jacob Durnford, is to be transported for seven years. ".

The Grace Kellaway that John Scadding robbed was a Grace Wallis of Evershot Parish. She married Thomas Kellaway in Evershot in 1784. He died about three years later aged about 40 years.

'John, son of John and Catherine Skadding Hannah'
Charged: March 9th 1795. Sent for trial by Sir W. Oglander.
Brought to prison March 9th. Jno Scadding, Chideock, shoemaker, married, age 34, size 5'6', hair dark brown, eyes grey, short smooth face, broad at the eyes, taper towards the chin. Nose sharp at the top. Lusty. Tried for burglary before Sir F. Buller Bart. Lent 1795 Assizes. Guilty. Executed March 28th
1795. Accomplices Thomas Foster, Broadwindsor, tailor, single, 23 Admitted evidence. Samuel Foster, Broadwindsor, tailor, single, 22, Guilty, death. Reprieved: to be transported for life. Put on board hulk in Langston, 30th August.

185 Death sentences led to 44 executions plus another 2 possible ones. Assizes were held at Dorchester and executions were carried out in the Amphitheatre there. Bearing in mind that many of these executions were for stealing....and that John's execution was the final one in Dorset [during the 1700s]....perhaps John Scadding may be considered to have been harshly treated....especially compared with those convicts who were transported to Australia [although that must have been far from pleasant at the time !]....and nowadays Australians are happy to find transportees amongst their ancestors !
SOURCE: http://www.scadding.net/families/Devon.html

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John SCADDEN

Moses SCADDING
1675-1751
ANN OTTEN
1695-1752
John SCADDING
1718-1791

John SCADDEN
1759-1795

1777

Mary WARREN
1759-1828

Moses SCADDEN
1792-????
Esther SCADDEN
1795-????
William SCADDEN
1785-1857
John SCADDEN
1780-????
Mary SCADDEN
1787-????
Robert SCADDEN
1782-1853

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Historical events

Birthday March 25, 1759

  • The temperature on March 25, 1759 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken. 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
    • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
    • August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
    • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
    • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.

Day of marriage May 20, 1777

  • The temperature on May 20, 1777 was about 14.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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)
  • In the year 1777: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
    • August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
    • September 3 » American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
    • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    • September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
    • October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.

Day of death March 28, 1795

  • The temperature on March 28, 1795 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. 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)
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    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 1795: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 17 » The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
    • August 3 » Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
    • October 1 » More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
    • October 3 » Slave rebel leader Tula is executed in Curaçao.
    • October 4 » Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
    • November 25 » Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.


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