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Personal data John Hollister 

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Household of John Hollister

He is married to Mary Welles.

They got married on December 6, 1781 at Glastonbury, Connecticut, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Horatio Hollister  1786-1851 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Hollister

John Hollister
1756-1835

1781

Mary Welles
1757-1838

Horatio Hollister
1786-1851

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Historical events

Birthday February 2, 1756

  • The temperature on February 2, 1756 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. 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 1756: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
    • June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
    • July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
    • August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

Day of marriage December 6, 1781

  • The temperature on December 6, 1781 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. 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)
  • In the year 1781: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
    • March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
    • March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
    • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
    • October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
    • November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

Day of death February 27, 1835

  • The temperature on February 27, 1835 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent 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 1835: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 7 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
    • January 30 » In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
    • February 14 » The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
    • September 15 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
    • September 20 » The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.
    • October 28 » The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.


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Source: Wikipedia

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About the surname Hollister


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