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Personal data Major Jonathan Wells 

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Household of Major Jonathan Wells

He is married to Catherine Saltonstall.

They got married on December 14, 1758 at Glastonbury, Hartford Colonial Connecticut, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Welles  1759-1832
  2. Roswell Welles  1761-1830
  3. Col Jonathan Welles  1763-1853
  4. Sarah Welles  1765-1842
  5. Elizabeth Welles  1767-1855
  6. Gurdon Welles  1770-1773
  7. Catharine Welles  1778-1848

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Major Jonathan Wells

Samuel Wells
1660-1731
Ruth Brigham Rice Welles
1659-1742
Martha Pitkin
1692-1763

Major Jonathan Wells
1733-1792

1758

Catherine Saltonstall
1735-1818

Mary Welles
1759-1832
Roswell Welles
1761-1830
Col Jonathan Welles
1763-1853
Sarah Welles
1765-1842
Elizabeth Welles
1767-1855
Gurdon Welles
1770-1773
Catharine Welles
1778-1848

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    Historical events

    Birthday August 9, 1733

    • The temperature on August 9, 1733 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt onweer. 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 1733: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 12 » Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
      • May 29 » The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
      • July 30 » The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
      • November 23 » The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.

    Day of marriage December 14, 1758

    • The temperature on December 14, 1758 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1758: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
      • April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
      • August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
      • November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
      • December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
      • December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

    Day of death January 27, 1792

    • The temperature on January 27, 1792 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
      • April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
      • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
      • June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
      • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
      • October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
    

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