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Personal data Benajah Williams 

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Household of Benajah Williams

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Avery.

They got married on September 1, 1754 at Westerly, Rhode Island, USA, he was 18 years old.


(2) He is married to Abigail Williams.

They got married on August 10, 1758 at Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Abigail Williams  1761-1836

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benajah Williams

John Williams
1667-1702
Martha Wheeler
1670-1745
Deborah Parke
1696-1759

Benajah Williams
1735-1792

(1) 1754

Elizabeth Avery
1733-± 1757

(2) 1758

Abigail Williams
1741-1789

Abigail Williams
1761-1836

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 3, 1735

    • The temperature on September 3, 1735 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1735: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 8 » The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
      • March 10 » An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
      • July 11 » Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
      • August 5 » Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.

    Day of marriage August 10, 1758

    • The temperature on August 10, 1758 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. 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)
    • 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
      • January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
      • May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
      • June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
      • July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
      • July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
      • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.

    Day of death August 9, 1792

    • The temperature on August 9, 1792 was about 18.0 °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)
    • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 16 » King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
      • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
      • April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
      • August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
      • September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
      • 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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