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Personal data Benjamin Woolsey 

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Household of Benjamin Woolsey

He is married to Abigail Taylor.

They got married on August 11, 1710 at Long Island, Queens, New York, he was 20 years old.

They got married in the year 1714 at New York, United States, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Benjamin Woolsey  1721-1771 
  3. Abigail Woolsey  1730-1811 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Woolsey

Benjamin Woolsey
1690-1759

1710

Abigail Taylor
1695-????

Melancthon Taylor Woolsey
1717-1758
Benjamin Woolsey
1721-1771
Abigail Woolsey
1730-1811

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Historical events

Birthday November 19, 1687

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1687: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 19 » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
    • July 5 » Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
    • August 12 » Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
    • September 26 » Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
    • December 31 » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.

Day of marriage August 11, 1710

  • The temperature on August 11, 1710 was about 18.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1710: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
    • April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
    • April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
    • August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
    • October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

Day of death August 15, 1759

  • The temperature on August 15, 1759 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken donder bliksem. 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.
    • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
    • 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.
    • September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
    • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.


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