Downs Tree » Luke Lea (1739-1813)
Personal data Luke Lea
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Sources 1, 2, 3, 5, 6- He was born on December 26, 1739 in Saint Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States.Sources 1, 2, 5
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (15) when child (Gardner Lee) was born (??-??-1754). - Resident:
- in the year 1790: Knox County, Tennessee, United States.Source 3
- Orange, North Carolina, USA.Source 6
- He died on May 4, 1813 in Tchefuncte River, St Tammany, Louisiana, United States, he was 73 years old.Sources 1, 2, 5
- He is buried in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi, United States of America.Source 5
- A child of James Lea and Anne Tolbert
Household of Luke Lea
He is married to Elizabeth "Beautiful Betty" Wilson Lea.
They got married in the year 1755, he was 15 years old.
They got married on May 4, 1759 at Caswell, North Carolina now, North Carolina, United States, he was 19 years old.Source 2 They got married at of LA.Child(ren):
- William Wilson Lea 1762-1823
- Gardner Lee 1754-1814
- Joseph Lea 1764-1764
- John Lea 1765-1822
- Mary Elizabeth Lea 1767-1822
- Joseph Lea 1769-1812
- Zachariah Lea 1776-1845
- David Lea 1779-1844
- John Lea 1783-1830
- Luke Lea 1783-1851
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Sources
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday December 26, 1739
- The temperature on December 26, 1739 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer 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 1739: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
- February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
- February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
- May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
- September 18 » The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
- October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
Day of death May 4, 1813
- The temperature on May 4, 1813 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt donder. 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
- February 7 » In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.
- May 11 » William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
- May 31 » In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
- August 19 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
- August 26 » War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
- October 16 » The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the three-day Battle of Leipzig.
Same birth/death day
- 1716 » Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher († 1803)
- 1716 » Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar († 1771)
- 1723 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright († 1807)
- 1737 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1815)
- 1751 » Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint († 1820)
- 1751 » Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician († 1793)
- 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
- 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
- 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
- 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
- 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
- 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)
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