Davis Family Tree » John Smithson (1727-1808)
Personal data John Smithson
Source 1Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- Alternative name: John Smithson Sr
- He was born on April 12, 1727 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States.Sources 4, 5, 6
- Alternative: He was born on April 12, 1727 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
- Resident:
- in the year 1754: No Township Listed, Pasquotank County, NC.Source 1
- in the year 1790: Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States.Source 3
- in the year 1754: Pasquotank County, NC.Source 2
- in the year 1810: Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States.
- He died on January 19, 1808 in Camden County, North Carolina, United States of America, he was 80 years old.Sources 4, 5, 6
- Alternative: He died on January 19, 1808 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 80 years old.Source 1
- A child of Thomas SMITHSON and "Turkish" Ann Smithson
Household of John Smithson
He has/had a relationship with Dolly Sawyer.
Child(ren):
- Mary Forbes 1743-1793
- Elizabeth Smithson 1753-????
- Nancy Smithson 1753-????
- Isaac Smithson 1755-1823
- Mathias Smithson 1756-????
- Seth Smithson 1758-????
- Jemima Smithson 1759-????
- Miriam SMITHSON 1759-????
- Jane Smithson 1761-????
- Aaron Smithson 1763-1848
- Adam Smithson 1765-1848
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
Record for Dorothy "Dolly" Sawyer
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http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=575 - North Carolina Census, 1790-1890, Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.
Name: John Smithson residence date: 1754 residence place: Pasquotank County, NC
/ Ancestry.com - 1790 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1790; Census Place: Pasquotank, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 251; Image: 483; Family History Library Film: 0568147
Name: John Smithson residence date: 1790 residence place: Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
/ Ancestry.com - International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com
birth date: 12 Apr 1727 birth place: Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States death date: 19 Jan 1808 death place: Camden County, North Carolina, United States of America Name: John Smithson, Sr
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Source Citation: Birth year: 1727; Birth state: NC
Name: John Smithson birth date: 12 Apr 1727 birth place: Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States death date: 19 Jan 1808 death place: Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
/ Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday April 12, 1727
- Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent 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 1727: Source: Wikipedia
- April 11 » Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
- August 30 » Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.
- September 8 » A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
- November 27 » The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
Day of death January 19, 1808
- The temperature on January 19, 1808 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1808: Source: Wikipedia
- January 22 » The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
- February 11 » Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
- February 21 » Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
- June 15 » Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
- September 13 » Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
- December 20 » Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
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William H Davis III, "Davis Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/davis-family-tree/P575.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "John Smithson (1727-1808)".