David G Cohen Family Tree » Polly Billings (1773-1861)
Personal data Polly Billings
Source 1Source 2- She was born on July 6, 1773 in Hardwick, Massachusetts.
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (3) when child (Irene Benedict) was born (??-??-1776) . - She died on February 20, 1861 in Bennington, Vermont, USA, she was 87 years old.
- A child of Samuel BILLINGS and Beulah Fay
Household of Polly Billings
She is married to Orison Benedict.
They got married in the year 1790, she was 16 years old.
Child(ren):
- Irene Benedict 1776-1848
- James P. Benedict ± 1790-± 1880
- Moses Benedict 1790-1870
- Mercy Lida Benedict 1793-1866
- Mercy Lida Benedict 1793-1866
- Jane Benedict ± 1810-1891
- James Benedict 1813-????
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- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=118804489&pid=634
/ Ancestry.com - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, of Westfied, Massachusetts : With Genealogical / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday July 6, 1773
- The temperature on July 6, 1773 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
- January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
- May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
- June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
- October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
- October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
Day of death February 20, 1861
- The temperature on February 20, 1861 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
- April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
- May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
- July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
- September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
- December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
Same birth/death day
- 1766 » Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator († 1813)
- 1781 » Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore († 1826)
- 1782 » Maria Luisa of Spain († 1824)
- 1785 » William Hooker, English botanist and academic († 1865)
- 1789 » María Isabella of Spain († 1846)
- 1796 » Nicholas I of Russia († 1855)
- 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
- 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
- 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
- 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
- 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
- 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
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