Olson's Tree » Benjamin Edwards (1753-1826)
Personal data Benjamin Edwards
Source 1Source 2- He was born on August 3, 1753 in Chopawasmic Creek, Stafford, Virginia, United States.Source 2
- He died on November 13, 1826 in Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, USA, he was 73 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky, United States of America.Source 2
Household of Benjamin Edwards
He is married to Margaret Beall.
They got married in the year 1771 at Montgomery, Montgomery, Maryland, he was 17 years old.
They got married about 1774 at Montgomery Co., Md. They got married in the year 1784, he was 30 years old.Child(ren):
Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Edwards
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- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Birthday August 3, 1753
- The temperature on August 3, 1753 was about 15.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: 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 1753: Source: Wikipedia
- February 17 » In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
- May 1 » Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
Day of death November 13, 1826
- The temperature on November 13, 1826 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- February 24 » The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
- March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
- May 22 » HMSBeagle departs on its first voyage.
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- December 16 » Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
- December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P13378.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "Benjamin Edwards (1753-1826)".