Kolks Family Tree » William Davis (1757-1781)

Personal data William Davis 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

Household of William Davis

He is married to Lydia Symons.

They got married on April 26, 1780 at Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, he was 22 years old.Sources 3, 7


Child(ren):

  1. Lydia Davis  1781-1839

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Davis

Robert Davis
1701-1749
Sarah Eager
1699-> 1740
James M Griffin
1689-1748
Sarah HOLLEY ERSKINE
1680-1780
Thomas Davis
1723-1781
Lydia Griffin
1732-1807

William Davis
1757-1781

1780

Lydia Symons
1757-1807

Lydia Davis
1781-1839

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    Sources

    1. North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Ancestry.com, Wills and Estate Papers (Pasquotank County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Pasquotank, North Carolina / Ancestry.com
    2. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. North Carolina, U.S., Will Abstracts, 1760-1800, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    5. U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    6. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
    7. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Ancestry.com, Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday May 7, 1757

    • The temperature on May 7, 1757 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1757: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
      • May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
      • May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
      • June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
      • June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
      • November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.

    Day of marriage April 26, 1780

    • The temperature on April 26, 1780 was about 8.0 °C. There was 264 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: regen 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
      • May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
      • August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
      • October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
      • November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
      • November 5 » French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
      • November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

    Day of death January 27, 1781

    • The temperature on January 27, 1781 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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)
    • In the year 1781: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
      • March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
      • April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
      • September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
      • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
      • October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
    

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