Jeffro Family Tree » Jean Knight (1745-1796)
Personal data Jean Knight
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5- She was born on April 3, 1745 in Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland.
Attention: Age at marriage (??-07-1758) below 16 years (13). Attention: Was younger than 16 years (13) when child (Isabell Robertson) was born (November 18, 1758) . - She died October 1796 in Bogmoor, Bellie, Moray, Scotland, she was 51 years old.
- A child of JAMES KNIGHT and Isobel Ruddach
Household of Jean Knight
She is married to William Robertson.
They got married July 1758 at Bellie, Moray, Scotland, she was 13 years old.Source 5
They got married on July 7, 1858 at BELLIE, Scotland, she was 113 years old.Child(ren):
- Margaret Robertson 1762-????
- John Robertson 1777-1866
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Sources
- Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Web: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday April 3, 1745
- The temperature on April 3, 1745 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1745: Source: Wikipedia
- July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
- July 26 » The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
- August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
- September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
- December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
Same birth/death day
- 1715 » William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist († 1787)
- 1764 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist († 1831)
- 1769 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat († 1835)
- 1770 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general († 1843)
- 1778 » Pierre Bretonneau, French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy († 1862)
- 1781 » Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader († 1830)
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