Buitenwerf family tree » Charles Merritt (1678-1778)
Personal data Charles Merritt
Source 1Source 2- He was born in the year 1678 in Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- Occupations:
- in the year 1719 in deed records, he is called a (tobacco?) planter in Chowan County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- in the year 1719 in deed records, he is called a (tobacco?) planter in Chowan County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- Property: on January 15, 1719 less than 3 months after his father's will was probated, Charles Jr. sold, for 20 lbs, the 150 acres given his mother in his father's will. He either inherited on her death or was given permission to sell by his mother., Chowan County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- (Parents Verified) on April 6, 1718 in Chowan, Albemarle County, North Carolina, USA: named in father's will.Source 3
- He died on June 9, 1778 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 100 years old.Source 3
- A child of Charles Merritt and Elinore Mary Evans
Household of Charles Merritt
He had a relationship with Mary.
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=730337&pid=1548
/ Ancestry.com - North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Cited in the family tree "Fitz/Merritt Family Tree" created by "FitzMerritt"
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=1548
/ Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of death June 9, 1778
- The temperature on June 9, 1778 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
- February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
- July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
- July 28 » Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
- September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
- November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
- November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
Same birth/death day
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- 1834 » William Carey, English minister and missionary (b. 1761)
- 1870 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (b. 1812)
- 1875 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and conchologist (b. 1795)
- 1889 » Mike Burke, American baseball player (b. 1854)
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