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Personal data Captain John Cox 

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Household of Captain John Cox

He is married to Margaret Ann Davis.

They got married at of NC.

They got married in the year 1760 at Ft. Chishel (Chiswell), Wythe Co., VA, United States, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. James Cox  1763-1842

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Captain John Cox

Captain John Cox
1739-1818


Margaret Ann Davis
1736-1806

James Cox
1763-1842

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Birthday July 25, 1739

  • The temperature on July 25, 1739 was about 19.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1739: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
    • February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
    • 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 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
    • 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 December 24, 1818

  • The temperature on December 24, 1818 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken 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 1818: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
    • February 5 » Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
    • April 19 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals.
    • September 7 » Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
    • December 3 » Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
    • December 13 » Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch.


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