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Personal data Rachel Forbes 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Rachel Forbes

She is married to David Wilson.

They got married on June 16, 1799 at Kennoway, Fife, Scotland, she was 21 years old.Source 4


Notes about Rachel Forbes

1. 1777 FORBES, RACHEL (Old Parish Registers Births 441/ 20 95 Kingsbarns)

2. Likely marriage 1799 WILSON, DAVID, RACHEL FORBES (Old Parish Registers Marriages 16/06/1799 434/ 30 210 Kennoway)

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Rachel Forbes
1777-????

1799

David Wilson
????-< 1841


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Sources

  1. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1777 Record for Rachel Forbes Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Rachel Forbes
    Name: Rachel Forbes
    Gender: Female
    Birth Date: 18 Jul 1777
    Baptism Date: 21 Jul 1777
    Baptism Place: Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
    Father: David Forbes
    Mother: Margaret Henderson
    FHL Film Number: 1040196
  2. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Rachel Forbes Parish: Kilconquhar; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 1500; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
    Record for Rachel Forbes
    Name: Rachel Forbes
    Age: 64
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1777
    Gender: Female
    Where born: Fife, Scotland
    Civil parish: Kilconquhar
    County: Fife
    Address: Kilconquhar
    Occupation: Widow
    Parish Number: 436
    Household Members Age
    Rachel Forbes 64
  3. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1777 FORBES, RACHEL (Old Parish Registers Births 441/ 20 95 Kingsbarns) Not downloaded
    1777 FORBES, RACHEL (Old Parish Registers Births 441/ 20 95 Kingsbarns)
  4. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1799 WILSON, DAVID, RACHEL FORBES (Old Parish Registers Marriages 434/ 30 210 Kennoway) Not downloaded
    1799 WILSON, DAVID, RACHEL FORBES (Old Parish Registers Marriages 16/06/1799 434/ 30 210 Kennoway)

Historical events

Birthday July 18, 1777

  • The temperature on July 18, 1777 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: donder weerlicht. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
    • April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
    • July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
    • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
    • October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.

Christening day July 21, 1777

  • The temperature on July 21, 1777 was about 16.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 13 » American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
    • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    • September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
    • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
    • November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
    • December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Day of marriage June 16, 1799

  • The temperature on June 16, 1799 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1799: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 9 » British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.
    • July 12 » Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).
    • July 15 » The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
    • July 25 » At Abu Qir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha.
    • October 9 » HMSLutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
    • November 9 » Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor (Consulate Government).


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