Buitenwerf family tree » William Sheffield (1745-1826)
Personal data William Sheffield
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9- He was born on June 1, 1745 in Duplin, North Carolina.Source 3
- Alternative: He was born on June 1, 1745 in Duplin, North Carolina, United States.Sources 4, 5, 6, 7
- Resident:
- He died on June 2, 1826 in Bulloch, Georgia, United States, he was 81 years old.Sources 3, 4, 6, 7
- Alternative: He died on June 2, 1826 in Bryan, Georgia, he was 81 years old.
- A child of John Sheffield
- A child of John Sheffield and Elizabeth west
Household of William Sheffield
He is married to Mary Abbott.
They got married in the year 1770 at Duplin, North Carolina, United States, he was 24 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Delilah Sheffield 1770-1803
- John Hoover Sheffield 1772-1845
- Amos Austin Sheffield 1775-1813
- Isham Sheffield 1782-1826
- William Sheffield 1783-1875
- Margaret Sheffield 1785-1850
Timeline William Sheffield
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=730337&pid=423
/ Ancestry.com - Georgia Land Lottery, 1827, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1745; Birth city: Duplin County; Birth state: NC / Ancestry.com
- Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 6681.028; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday June 1, 1745
- The temperature on June 1, 1745 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken. 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 1745: Source: Wikipedia
- June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
- August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
- September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
- December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
Day of death June 2, 1826
- The temperature on June 2, 1826 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
- April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- May 22 » HMSBeagle departs on its first voyage.
- August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
- November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
Same birth/death day
- 1762 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers († 1844)
- 1765 » Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe († 1816)
- 1770 » Friedrich Laun, German author († 1849)
- 1790 » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright († 1836)
- 1796 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer († 1832)
- 1800 » Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales († 1879)
- 1785 » Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician and academic (b. 1713)
- 1806 » William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
- 1853 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
- 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
- 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
- 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
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