Donald A.C. Simmons Jr. Family Tree » William Lewis I - Founder of Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 1636) (1594-1683)

Personal data William Lewis I - Founder of Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 1636) 

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Household of William Lewis I - Founder of Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 1636)

He is married to Felicia Collins.

They got married on February 7, 1618 at Llandough, Glamorgan, Wales, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Lewis  1620-1690 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Lewis

William Lewis
1594-1683

1618

Felicia Collins
1596-1671

William Lewis
1620-1690

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Historical events

Birthday January 3, 1594

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1594: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 19 » Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
    • February 27 » Henry IV is crowned King of France.
    • June 11 » Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
    • June 23 » The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack Cinco Chagas, loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board.
    • July 5 » Portuguese forces under the command of Pedro Lopes de Sousa begin an unsuccessful invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy during the Campaign of Danture in Sri Lanka.
    • October 9 » Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

Day of marriage February 7, 1618

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1618: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 8 » Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
    • May 15 » Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
    • May 23 » The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
    • June 14 » Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
    • September 18 » The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
    • October 29 » English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

Day of death August 2, 1683

  • 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 1683: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 24 » The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
    • July 16 » Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
    • September 17 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".
    • October 3 » Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
    • October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
    • November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.


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