McNiven - Oliver Family tree » Abigail Floyd (1775-1824)
Personal data Abigail Floyd
Source 1Source 2- She was born on September 11, 1775 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- She died on September 12, 1824 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada, she was 49 years old.
- A child of Thomas Floyd and Mary Bradshaw
Household of Abigail Floyd
She is married to David Melvin.
They got married at Chester.Source 2
They got married on November 5, 1794 at Chester, Nova Scotia***Data is already there***, she was 19 years old. They got married at Chester.Source 2Child(ren):
- Phebe Melvin 1795-1855
- David B Melvin 1796-1875
- Susannah Melvin Hardacker 1799-????
- Thomas Melvin 1801-????
- Ruth Melvin 1803-????
- Isaac Melvin 1805-????
- Robert Melvin 1807-????
- John Ephram Melvin 1809-1857
- Abraham Melvin 1812-1905
- Rebecca Melvin 1814-????
- Mariane Melvin 1817-????
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- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=58946249&pid=5179
/ Ancestry.com - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: Palmer Groups; John Melvin of Charlestown and Concord, Mass , and his descendants / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday September 11, 1775
- The temperature on September 11, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
- June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
- June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
- October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
- 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.
- December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
Day of death September 12, 1824
- The temperature on September 12, 1824 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken winderig regen. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1824: Source: Wikipedia
- March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
- May 7 » World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
- June 21 » Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
- July 25 » Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
- August 15 » The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
- October 21 » Portland cement is patented.
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- 1771 » Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer († 1806)
- 1786 » Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer († 1832)
- 1798 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist († 1895)
- 1800 » Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York († 1866)
- 1779 » Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1711)
- 1810 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740)
- 1814 » Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
- 1819 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
- 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
- 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
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