Clarke Family Tree » Betsey Sheffield (1814-1876)
Personal data Betsey Sheffield
Sources 1, 2- She was born on January 10, 1814 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States.
- She died on September 9, 1876 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, she was 62 years old.
- She is buried in the year 1876 in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
- A child of George Sheffield and Mary Rhoda Burch
Household of Betsey Sheffield
She is married to George W. Gavitt.
They got married on September 25, 1831 at Stonington,New London,Conn, she was 17 years old.
Child(ren):
- John Francis Gavitt 1834-1917
- Henry Burch Gavitt 1835-1893
- Rhoda Gavitt 1844-????
- Lucy Gavitt 1845-1930
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Betsey Gavitt (born Sheffield)<br>Gender: Female<br>Birth: Jan 10 1814 - Stonington Twp,New London,Conneticut<br>Marriage: Sep 25 1831 - Stonington,New London,Conn<br>Death: Sep 9 1876 - Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States<br>Burial: 1876 - River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States<br>Parents: <a>George Sheffield</a>, <a>Rhoda Sheffield (born Burch)</a><br>Husband: <a>George Washington Gavitt</a><br>Children: <a>John Francis Gavitt</a>, <a>Henry Burch Gavitt</a>, <a>Rhoda Gavitt</a>, <a>Lucy Bliven (born Gavitt)</a><br>Siblings: <a>Henry Sheffield</a>, <a>Francis Sheffield</a>, <a>Frances Sheffield</a>, <a>Lydia A Gardiner (born Kenyon)</a>
Historical events
Birthday January 10, 1814
- The temperature on January 10, 1814 was about -5 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
- January 14 » Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania.
- February 10 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
- March 21 » Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
- August 9 » Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
- August 13 » The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.
- August 24 » British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
Day of marriage September 25, 1831
- The temperature on September 25, 1831 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. 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 1831: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 24 » The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
- July 4 » Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
- August 29 » Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
- September 8 » November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.
- November 17 » Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
- December 27 » Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMSBeagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.
Day of death September 9, 1876
- The temperature on September 9, 1876 was about 10.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
- March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
- April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
- May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
- September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
- December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Same birth/death day
- 1802 » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway († 1860)
- 1810 » Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer († 1892)
- 1810 » Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State († 1883)
- 1810 » William Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria († 1866)
- 1812 » Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic († 1881)
- 1828 » Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary († 1892)
- 1891 » Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (b. 1813)
- 1893 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (b. 1807)
- 1898 » Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (b. 1842)
- 1901 » Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
- 1907 » Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
- 1909 » E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1848)
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