Clarke Family Tree » John "Tar River" (John "Tar River") Bumpass (1766-1839)
Personal data John "Tar River" (John "Tar River") Bumpass
Sources 1, 2- First name John "Tar River".
- He was born on March 10, 1766 in Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America.
- He died on September 2, 1839 in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina, United States, he was 73 years old.
- He is buried in Townsend Cemetery, Roxboro, Person, North Carolina, United States.
- A child of Samuel Bumpass and Mary Polly Farrow
Household of John "Tar River" (John "Tar River") Bumpass
Attention: Wife (Elizabeth Doggett Bumpass Bumpass) is also his cousin.
He is married to Elizabeth Doggett Bumpass Bumpass.
They got married in the year 1784 at Caswell, NC, he was 17 years old.
Child(ren):
- Samuel Bumpass 1784-1850
- Nancy Bumpass ± 1785-1861
- Jesse Bumpass ± 1786-1863
- Augustine Bumpas ± 1790-????
- Alfred Bumpas 1793-± 1817
- William Pressley Bumpass 1795-1833
- Augustine Bumpass ± 1804-????
- Sidney Daniel Bumpass 1808-1851
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John “Tar River” Bumpass<br>Birth names: John BumpasJohn Bumpass<br>Nick name: Tar River<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Feb 26 1766 - Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America<br>Marriage: Spouse: Elizabeth Bumpass Bumpass - Circa 1783 - Caswell, NC<br>Death: Sep 2 1839 - Roxboro, Person, North Carolina, United States<br>Burial: Townsend Cemetery, Roxboro, Person, North Carolina, United States<br>Parents: <a>Samuel Bumpass</a>, <a>Mary Bumpass</a><br>Wife: <a>Elizabeth Bumpass (born Bumpass Bumpass)</a><br>Children: <a>Samuel Bumpass</a>, <a>Nancy Paine (born Bumpass)</a>, <a>Jesse Bumpass</a>, <a>Augustine Bumpas</a>, <a>John "Deerhead" Bumpass</a>, <a>Alfred Bumpas</a>, <a>William Pressley Bumpass</a>, &;lt;a>Augustine Bumpass</a>, <a>Rev Sidney Daniel Bumpass</a><br>Siblings: <a>Nathaniel Bumpass</a>, <a>Nathaniel Bumpas</a>, <a>Elizabeth Bumpass</a>, <a>Nancy Bumpas</a>, <a>Mary Davis (born Bumpas)</a>, <a>Nanney Bumpass</a>, <a>Elizabeth Bumpass</a>, <a>Samuel Bumpass</a>, <a>Nathaniel Bumpas</a>, <a>Samuel Bumpass</a>, <a>Elizabeth Bumpas</a>, <a>Nancy Paine (born Bumpass)</a>, <a>Samuel Bumpas</a>, <a>John Bumpass</a>, <a>Nancy Bumpas</a>, <a>Robert Bumpass</a>&lt;br>This person appears to have duplicated relatives. View it on FamilySearch to see the full information.<br> Additional information: <br> <br>LifeSketch: Referred to as Tar River Bumpass and John Bumpass Jr.
Historical events
Birthday March 10, 1766
- The temperature on March 10, 1766 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: mist omtrent helder. 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.
- May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
- 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 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Day of death September 2, 1839
- The temperature on September 2, 1839 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken winderig veel regen. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
- June 3 » In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
- June 22 » Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
- August 19 » The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
- August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
- September 5 » The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
Same birth/death day
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- 1769 » Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist († 1840)
- 1772 » Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic († 1829)
- 1777 » Louis Hersent, French painter († 1860)
- 1787 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1862)
- 1787 » William Etty, English painter and academic († 1849)
- 1813 » Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (b. 1763)
- 1820 » Jiaqing Emperor of China (b. 1760)
- 1832 » Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754)
- 1834 » Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)
- 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
- 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
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