Willard Niece/Virgie Parsons Family Tree » William Short (1745-1787)
Personal data William Short
Source 1Source 2- He was born in the year 1745 in Brunswick Co Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States.
Attention: Was older than 65 years (112) when child (William A. Short) was born (??-??-1857). Attention: Was younger than 16 years (15) when child (Thomas Short) was born (??-??-1760). Attention: Was younger than 16 years (0) when child (John Short) was born (??-??-1720). Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1760) below 16 years (15). - He died on June 25, 1787 in St. Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, United States, he was 42 years old.
Attention: Died 9 months (June 25, 1787) prior to the birth (??-??-1857) of child (William A. Short) . - A child of William Short and Sarah Robinson
- A child of William Short and Sarah Robinson
Household of William Short
He is married to Sarah Baugh.
They got married in the year 1760, he was 15 years old.
Child(ren):
- John Short 1720-1819
- John Short 1720-1819
- Thomas Short 1760-1805
- William A. Short 1857-????
Timeline William Short
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Historical events
Day of death June 25, 1787
- The temperature on June 25, 1787 was about 17.0 °C. There was 154 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
- January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
- September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
- October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
- December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Same birth/death day
- 1715 » Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and politician (b. 1646)
- 1767 » Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (b. 1681)
- 1798 » Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721)
- 1822 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776)
- 1835 » Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (b. 1746)
- 1838 » François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774)
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The Willard Niece/Virgie Parsons Family Tree publication was prepared by Linda Sue Niece Lyon.
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Linda Sue Niece Lyon, "Willard Niece/Virgie Parsons Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/niece-parsons-family-tree/P2217.php : accessed May 11, 2025), "William Short (1745-1787)".