Downs Tree » John May (1710-1785)
Personal data John May
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18- He was born in the year 1710 in Henrico, Virginia, USA.
- Resident:
- in the year 1762: Pitt County, NC.Source 11
- in the year 1780: Wake, Orange, and Granville Counties, North Carolina, United States.Source 17
- in the year 1782: 08 00, Charlotte County, VA.Source 13
- about 1785: Richmond County, Georgia.Source 7
- Virginia.Source 15
- (Arrival) in the year 1753 in Virginia.Source 14
- He died on October 11, 1785 in Richmond County, Georgia, United States, he was 75 years old.Sources 7, 16
- He is buried on October 24, 1785 in Stoke, England.Source 16
- Probate on March 21, 1785 naar Richmond, Georgia, Verenigde Staten.Source 7
- A child of Mary (1672 White) Mattox May
Household of John May
(1) He is married to Susannah Porter.
They got married on November 15, 1775 at Pittsylvania, Virginia, he was 65 years old.Sources 2, 5, 8, 12
(2) He had a relationship with Jane May.
Child(ren):
- James May -± 1783
Child(ren):
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Sources
- Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Bristol, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1720-1933, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800, Dodd, Jordan / Ancestry.com
- Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Virginia, Apprentice Index, 1640-1800, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. III / Ancestry.com
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Day of marriage November 15, 1775
- The temperature on November 15, 1775 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
- July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
- October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
- November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
- December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
- December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
Day of death October 11, 1785
- The temperature on October 11, 1785 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
- January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
- January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
- January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
- November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
Day of burial October 24, 1785
- The temperature on October 24, 1785 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
- January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
- January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
- January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
- November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
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