Lainey Halter Tree » Obil Rockwell (1776-1870)

Personal data Obil Rockwell 

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Household of Obil Rockwell

He had a relationship with Betty Rockwell.


Child(ren):

  1. George Rockwell  1802-1887 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Obil Rockwell

David Rockwell
1708-1788
Elizabeth Hyatt
1711-1758
Isaiah Birchard
1723-1794
Sarah Betts
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Obil Rockwell
1776-1870


Betty Rockwell
1774-1851

George Rockwell
1802-1887

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    1. Findagrave, Obil Rockwell 19 Oct 1870 / www.findagrave.com
    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday December 21, 1775

    • The temperature on December 21, 1775 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
      • May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
      • July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
      • August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
      • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
      • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

    Day of death October 19, 1870

    • The temperature on October 19, 1870 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
      • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
      • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
      • July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
      • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
      • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
    

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