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Personal data John Thompson 

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  • He was born on November 25, 1763 in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States of America.Source 2
  • He died on December 13, 1846 in Amite County, Mississippi, United States of America, he was 83 years old.Source 2
  • He is buried in Amite County, Mississippi, United States of America.Source 2

Household of John Thompson

He has/had a relationship with Priscilla Hail.


Child(ren):

  1. Roland Thompson  1792-1855
  2. Sarah Avery  1799-1873

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Thompson

John Thompson
1763-1846


Priscilla Hail
1765-1821

Roland Thompson
1792-1855
Sarah Avery
1799-1873

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Sources

  1. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday November 25, 1763

  • The temperature on November 25, 1763 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: mottig geheel 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)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
    • May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
    • July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
    • August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
    • October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
    • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Day of death December 13, 1846

  • The temperature on December 13, 1846 was about -5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken zwaar mist. Source: KNMI
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    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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 4 » The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.
    • February 19 » In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
    • May 7 » The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • June 28 » Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone.
    • September 10 » Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
    • December 6 » American and Californio forces clash at the Battle of San Pasqual.


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