Benjamin Preston Rich Family Tree » James Preston Jr. (1713-1766)
Personal data James Preston Jr.
Source 1- He was born on March 25, 1713 in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA.
- He died on September 7, 1766 in Abingdon, Harford County, Maryland, USA, he was 53 years old.
No death date
- A child of Sarah Scott
Household of James Preston Jr.
He is married to Clemency Taylor.
They got married on May 15, 1733 at St Georges Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, Verenigde Staten, he was 20 years old.
They got married on May 28, 1737 at Harford, Joppa, MD, he was 24 years old. They got married on December 15, 1745 at Baltimore,Baltimore County,Maryland, he was 32 years old. They got married on March 31, 1749 at Baltimore, Maryland, United States, he was 36 years old.Child(ren):
- James Preston 1735-????
- Elizabeth Preston 1739-1766
- Hannah Preston 1741-1767
- Ann Preston 1744-1827
- 1st Lieut. Martin Taylor Preston 1750-1787
- Mary Preston 1754-1794
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Historical events
Birthday March 25, 1713
- The temperature on March 25, 1713 was about 7.0 °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 1713: Source: Wikipedia
- February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
- March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
- March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
- April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
- April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
- June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
Day of marriage May 15, 1733
- The temperature on May 15, 1733 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt helder. 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 1733: Source: Wikipedia
- February 12 » Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
- May 29 » The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
- July 30 » The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
- November 23 » The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.
Day of death September 7, 1766
- The temperature on September 7, 1766 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
- March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
- July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
- November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
- December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
- December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
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- 1699 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer and composer († 1783)
- 1741 » Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator († 1828)
- 1745 » John Barry, American naval officer and father of the American navy († 1803)
- 1767 » Joachim Murat, French general († 1815)
- 1782 » Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte († 1839)
- 1729 » William Burnet, Dutch-American civil servant and politician, 21st Governor of the Province of New York (b. 1688)
- 1741 » Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (b. 1689)
- 1798 » Peter Frederik Suhm, Danish-Norwegian historian and author (b. 1728)
- 1799 » Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, French botanist and physicist (b. 1717)
- 1809 » Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (b. 1737)
- 1833 » Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist (b. 1745)
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