Clarke Family Tree » William (Will O'Phaup) Laidlaw (1691-1775)
Personal data William (Will O'Phaup) Laidlaw
Source 1- He was born on March 9, 1691 in Craik, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland.
- He died on May 21, 1775 in Ettrick, Selkirk, Scotland, he was 84 years old.
- A child of John Laidlaw and Margaret Bryden
Household of William (Will O'Phaup) Laidlaw
He is married to Bessie Scott.
They got married in the year 1725 at Selkirkshire, Scotland, he was 33 years old.
Child(ren):
- Robert Laidlaw 1728-1800
- William Laidlaw 1735-1829
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Historical events
Birthday March 9, 1691
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1691: Source: Wikipedia
- July 12 » Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
- October 7 » The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
Day of death May 21, 1775
- The temperature on May 21, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
- February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
- April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
- June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
- July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
- October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
- November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
Same birth/death day
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- 1737 » Josef Mysliveček, Czech violinist and composer († 1781)
- 1749 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician († 1791)
- 1753 » Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general († 1800)
- 1758 » Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroanatomist and physiologist († 1828)
- 1742 » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
- 1762 » Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695)
- 1771 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)
- 1786 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)
- 1790 » Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)
- 1810 » Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)
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Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494374435.php : accessed May 4, 2025), "William (Will O'Phaup) Laidlaw (1691-1775)".