Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » William Griffith (1748-1816)

Personal data William Griffith 

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  • He was born on August 8, 1748 in Rhosfawr, Pwllhelli, Caernarvonshire, Walse.
  • (High Sheriff) in the year 1809: Caernarvonshire.
  • He died on March 25, 1816, he was 67 years old.
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of William Griffith

He is married to Ann Williams.

They got married on August 13, 1773, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jane Griffith  1774-1776
  3. Griffith Griffith  1776-1803
  4. Morris Griffith  1777-????
  5. David Griffith  1778-1778
  6. David Griffith  1780-1811
  8. Jane Griffith  1792-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Griffith

William Griffith
1748-1816

1773

Ann Williams
????-1837

Jane Griffith
1774-1776
William Glynne Griffith
1775-1842
Griffith Griffith
1776-1803
Morris Griffith
1777-????
David Griffith
1778-1778
David Griffith
1780-1811
Eleanor Elizabeth Griffith
1784-????
Jane Griffith
1792-????

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Sources

  1. supplied by Williams., willperf.ged, rootsweb, 2009, compiled by Kenneth Williams
  2. ir, j e griffith pedigrees of anglesey and caernarvonshire families, 239 / Not Given

Historical events

Birthday August 8, 1748

  • The temperature on August 8, 1748 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1748: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
    • August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
    • October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
    • October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

Day of marriage August 13, 1773

  • The temperature on August 13, 1773 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
    • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
    • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
    • June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
    • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
    • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Day of death March 25, 1816

  • The temperature on March 25, 1816 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1816: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 20 » Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
    • June 19 » Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
    • July 9 » Argentina declares independence from Spain.
    • August 14 » The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
    • December 11 » Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
    • December 30 » The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.


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