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Personal data James Burchell Richardson 

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Household of James Burchell Richardson

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Anne Cantey Sinkler) is also his cousin.

He is married to Anne Cantey Sinkler.

They got married on May 10, 1791, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

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  4. Hermoine Richardson  1792-1840


Notes about James Burchell Richardson

(Marriage and Death Notices from the City Gazette of Thursday May 19, 1791)
Married. On Tuesday the 10th instant, Mr. James Richardson to Miss Anna Sinkler, only daughter of James Sinkler, Esq. of St. Stephens' Parish.

South Carolina Governor. His early education was confined to local schools and from an early age learned to be a planter. In 1792 he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Clarendon County and served in the house for ten years. In 1802 the General Assembly elected him Governor and he would serve his two year term. After his term of Governor ended he was reelected to the House and served until 1818. He was the son of General Richard Richardson of Revolutionary War fame. James was a mere boy of 11 when Colonel Banastre Tarleton arrived at the family plantation and promptly dug up the grave of his father,the General who had been dead only a short time in hopes of finding the family silver. He found none and after burning the family home allowed the family to reinter the General's body. After Richardson's public service ended he returned to his plantation, "Big Home" and continued his planting pursuits until he died.
RIN: MH:N86

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Birthday October 28, 1770

  • The temperature on October 28, 1770 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
    • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
    • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
    • June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
    • July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
    • August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

Day of marriage May 10, 1791

  • The temperature on May 10, 1791 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
    • February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
    • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
    • August 7 » American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
    • August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
    • December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

Day of death April 28, 1836

  • The temperature on April 28, 1836 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. 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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 19 » King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
    • March 5 » Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
    • March 27 » Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
    • June 15 » Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
    • September 5 » Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
    • October 22 » Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.


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