Kennedy Family Tree » Mary Wightman (1769-1861)

Personal data Mary Wightman 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of Mary Wightman

She is married to William Ferguson.

They got married on December 21, 1794 at Canonbie, Dumfries, Scotland, she was 25 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Janet Ferguson  1796-1815
  2. Margaret Ferguson  1797-1883 
  3. Mary Ferguson  1809-1892 
  4. Elizabeth Ferguson  1814-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Wightman

Mary Wightman
1769-1861

1794

William Ferguson
1769-1838

Janet Ferguson
1796-1815
Margaret Ferguson
1797-1883
Mary Ferguson
1809-1892
Elizabeth Ferguson
1814-????

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Sources

  1. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com
  2. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com
  3. England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016, Ancestry.com, Dumfries and Galloway Council; Dumfries, Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway Burial Registers / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Christening day November 15, 1769

  • The temperature on November 15, 1769 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. 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 1769: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
    • July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
    • December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
    • December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

Day of marriage December 21, 1794

  • The temperature on December 21, 1794 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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)
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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 1794: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 26 » The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
    • April 26 » Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
    • April 28 » Sardinians, headed by Giovanni Maria Angioy, start a revolution against Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from Cagliari, the capital and largest city of the island.
    • June 8 » Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
    • June 26 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
    • August 7 » U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

Day of death December 23, 1861

  • The temperature on December 23, 1861 was about 5.4 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
    • February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
    • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
    • August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
    • October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
    • November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.


Same birth/death day

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