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Personal data William Gillett 

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Household of William Gillett

He is married to Elizabeth Coward.

They got married


Notes about William Gillett

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William Gillett
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Elizabeth Coward
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Sources

  1. BMD Index - LDS Vital records - 1 PLAC British Isles - Chatham, Kent: FHL no: 1469178 Book - Reginald Cecil Lybbe Powys-Lybbe - 1 PERI Powys-Lybbe genealogy -
    These are the various documents he left behing summarising his -
    researches. They included: -
    (1) His master tree of all families married by our forebears. -
    (2) His formal pedigree of the Powyses, in the style of Burke. -
    (3) His two pages of trees of various descents from medieval -
    royalty, including the Trotters back to the Scottish Stewarts. -
    (4) His trees of the recent Trotter marriages. -
    -
    Remarkably most of this has proved to be confirmed by publicly -
    available documents and some of it is a remarkable set of -
    findings. One or two errors have appeared, mainly where he got -
    the wrong wife as the ancestor. Perhaps only 20% of this -
    remains to be checked, principally the families married into by -
    the Trotters in the 18th and 19th centuries. -
    -
    However his besetting and frustrating fault is his almost -
    invariable omission of sources and similarly of dates. -
    -
    I suspect he relied heavily on Burke's Extinct Peerage, judging -
    by the heavily thumbed copy in APL's possession in 1999. But -
    there is also evidence that went to various libraries and paid -
    handsomely for primary documentary evidence of some 16th and -
    17th century families. -
    -
    Nevertheless most of my work has been to extend and verify his -
    enormous efforts. He really was a serious genealogist (like -
    Martin but who follows the stricter regime of the last quarter -
    of the 20th century) and I have considerable admiration for what -
    he found out.
  2. BMD Index - LDS Vital records - 1 PLAC British Isles - Chatham, Kent: FHL no: 1469178

Historical events

Birthday March 16, 1759

  • The temperature on March 16, 1759 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen betrokken weerlicht. 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
    • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
    • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
    • September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
    • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
    • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Christening day April 8, 1759

  • The temperature on April 8, 1759 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
    • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
    • August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
    • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
    • September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.

Day of death January 6, 1802

  • The temperature on January 6, 1802 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    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 1802: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 16 » The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
    • March 28 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
    • May 3 » Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a mayor-council form of government.
    • June 4 » King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
    • September 3 » William Wordsworth composes the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802".
    • September 11 » France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.


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