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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thomas Williams

Isaac Williams
1638-1708
Judith Hunt
1648-1724

Thomas Williams
1718-1775


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    Historical events

    Birthday April 1, 1718

    • The temperature on April 1, 1718 was about 8.0 °C. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1718: Source: Wikipedia
      • May 7 » The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
      • May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
      • July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
      • November 22 » Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
      • November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
      • December 17 » War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

    Day of death September 28, 1775

    • The temperature on September 28, 1775 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by 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)
    • In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
      • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
      • June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
      • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
      • October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
      • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
    

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