Donald A.C. Simmons Jr. Family Tree » James Thomson (1695-1779)

Personal data James Thomson 

Sources 1, 2, 3Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of James Thomson

(1) He is married to Janet Shearer.

They got married on March 20, 1698 at Edinburgh, he was 2 years old.Source 2


(2) He is married to Marion Ramsay.

They got married on August 8, 1701 at Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland, he was 6 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Thomson

James Thomson
1695-1779

(1) 1698

Janet Shearer
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(2) 1701

Marion Ramsay
1679-> 1726


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  1. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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  3. UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday April 28, 1695

  • 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 1695: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
    • August 15 » French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
    • September 7 » Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
    • November 20 » Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho - an event nowadays commemorated in Black Awareness Day.

Day of marriage August 8, 1701

  • 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 1701: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
    • March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
    • May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
    • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
    • July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
    • September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.

Day of death February 26, 1779

  • The temperature on February 26, 1779 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
    • June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
    • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
    • August 13 » American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
    • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
    • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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