Olson's Tree » Mehitable Parsons (1796-1870)
Personal data Mehitable Parsons
Source 1- She was born on June 27, 1796 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
- She died on October 20, 1870 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA, she was 74 years old.
- A child of Oliver Parsons and Rhoda Parsons
Household of Mehitable Parsons
She is married to Joseph Allen.
They got married in the year 1813, she was 16 years old.
They got married on February 28, 1816 at Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA, she was 19 years old.Child(ren):
- Ruth Parsons ALLEN 1817-1889
- Joseph ALLEN 1819-1837
- Ann Sophia ALLEN 1822-1875
- William Spencer ALLEN 1824-1885
- James Oliver ALLEN 1826-????
- Thomas Putnam ALLEN 1830-1913
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Birthday June 27, 1796
- The temperature on June 27, 1796 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1796: Source: Wikipedia
- February 16 » Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon.
- April 4 » Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
- May 14 » Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
- July 11 » The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
- September 19 » George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
Day of death October 20, 1870
- The temperature on October 20, 1870 was about 8.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
- May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
- June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
- July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
- October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
Same birth/death day
- 1767 » Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer and academic († 1843)
- 1805 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer († 1883)
- 1806 » Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician († 1871)
- 1812 » Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer († 1899)
- 1817 » Louise von François, German author († 1893)
- 1828 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria († 1905)
- 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
- 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
- 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
- 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
- 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
- 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P22195.php : accessed January 20, 2026), "Mehitable Parsons (1796-1870)".