Harrower Family Tree » Mary Galt (1759-± 1798)
Personal data Mary Galt
Sources 1, 2- She was born on March 7, 1759 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 3
- She was baptized on March 15, 1759 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 3
- Resident in the year 1780: Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 1
- She died about 1798 in Parkneuk Farm, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
Homely Musings p. 77
- A child of John Galt and Helen Young
Household of Mary Galt
She is married to John Johnston.
They got married on December 2, 1780 at Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 21 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- James Johnston 1782-????
- Jean Johnston 1798-????
- Robert Johnston 1784-????
- John Johnston 1782-????
Notes about Mary Galt
1. 2nd child to John Galt Farmer in Struthers and Helen Young
Timeline Mary Galt
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Sources
- Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1780 Record for John Johnston and Mary Galt Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Record for John Johnston and Mary Galt
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Name: John Johnston
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 2 Dec 1780
Marriage Place: Craigie, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland
Spouse: Mary Galt
FHL Film Number:1041336 - Homely Musings, by a Rustic Maiden by Jane Stevenson, Homely Musings, by a Rustic Maiden by Jane Stevenson, https://ia802205.us.archive.org/2/items/homelymusingsby00stevgoog/homelymusingsby00stevgoog.pdf
The book describes part of the authors life, visiting various family residences, on her travels around Ayrshire. Jean/Jane Stevenson's Grandmother, Mary Galt, is Jean Galts sister, her Great Grandmother is Helen Young, Great Grandfather is John Galt.
- Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1759 GALT, MARY (Old Parish Registers Births 597/ 20 235 Kilmarnock)
1759 GALT, MARY (Old Parish Registers Births 597/ 20 235 Kilmarnock)
Kilmarnock 1759 Baptisms
John Galt Farmer in Struthers & Helen Young both their 1st marriage had their 2d child born on Wednesday March 7 1759 & baptized Mary on Thursday March 15 1759 by Mr Leslie
Historical events
Birthday March 7, 1759
- The temperature on March 7, 1759 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: 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)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
- January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
- August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
- August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
- September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
- December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
Christening day March 15, 1759
- The temperature on March 15, 1759 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen 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)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
- January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
- August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
- September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
- September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
- December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
Day of marriage December 2, 1780
- The temperature on December 2, 1780 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
- January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
- May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
- May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
- September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
- December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York
Same birth/death day
- 1723 » Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy († 1725)
- 1730 » Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1807)
- 1765 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography († 1833)
- 1785 » Alessandro Manzoni, Italian author and poet († 1873)
- 1788 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and biochemist († 1878)
- 1792 » John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer († 1871)
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