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Personal data William Abbott 

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Household of William Abbott

He is married to Mary Cook.

They got married on January 21, 1789 at Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas Abbott  ± 1800-1870 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Abbott

William Abbott
± 1769-1847

1789

Mary Cook
± 1769-????

Thomas Abbott
± 1800-1870

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Sources

  1. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR12/1/R3/2

Historical events

Day of marriage January 21, 1789

  • The temperature on January 21, 1789 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
    • September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
    • September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
    • October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
    • November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
    • November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

Day of death December 26, 1847

  • The temperature on December 26, 1847 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
    • January 30 » Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
    • February 23 » Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
    • July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
    • September 13 » Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
    • November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.


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