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Personal data Martha Welles 

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Household of Martha Welles

She is married to Benjamin Hale.

They got married on December 23, 1783 at Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA, she was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Philo Hale  1785-1847 
  2. Timothy Hale  1788-1819 
  3. Benjamin Hale  1790-1859 
  4. Eunice Hale  1792-1843 
  5. Ann Hale  1795-1867 
  6. Jerusha Merrick Hale  1797-1847 
  7. Lucy Hale  1800-1859

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Martha Welles

Thomas Rice Welles
1693-1767
Martha Pitkin
1692-1763
Ann Shelton
1729-1762

Martha Welles
1759-1837

1783

Benjamin Hale
1759-1831

Philo Hale
1785-1847
Timothy Hale
1788-1819
Benjamin Hale
1790-1859
Eunice Hale
1792-1843
Ann Hale
1795-1867
Jerusha Merrick Hale
1797-1847
Lucy Hale
1800-1859

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    Historical events

    Birthday August 12, 1759

    • The temperature on August 12, 1759 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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.
      • 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 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.
      • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

    Day of marriage December 23, 1783

    • The temperature on December 23, 1783 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
      • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
      • June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
      • June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
      • September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
      • November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
      • December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.

    Day of death April 20, 1837

    • The temperature on April 20, 1837 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist dampig. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • May 10 » Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
      • June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
      • July 25 » The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
      • November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
      • November 22 » Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
      • December 7 » The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
    

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