Ancestral Trails 2016 » William EMERSON (1743-1776)

Personal data William EMERSON 


Household of William EMERSON

He is married to Phoebe BLISS.

They got married in the year 1766 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

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


Notes about 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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Ancestors (and descendant) of William EMERSON

Edward EMERSON
1670-1743
Rebecca WALDO
1662-1752
Samuel MOODY
1676-1747
Hannah SEWELL
1677-1727
Mary MOODY
1702-1779

William EMERSON
1743-1776

1766

Phoebe BLISS
1741-1829

Rebecca EMERSON
1775-1845
Phoebe EMERSON
1772-1839
William EMERSON
1769-1811
Mary Moody EMERSON
1774-1863

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Birthday May 31, 1743

  • The temperature on May 31, 1743 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1743: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
    • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
    • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Day of death October 20, 1776

  • The temperature on October 20, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer 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)
  • In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
    • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
    • May 1 » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
    • June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
    • August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
    • December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.


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