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Personal data Benajah Douglass 

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Household of Benajah Douglass

He is married to Martha Arnold.

They got married in the year 1780 at Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, he was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Amy Douglass  1782-1830
  3. Martha Jane Douglas  1783-1843
  4. Rebecca Douglas  1785-????
  5. Beriah Douglas  1789-1870
  6. Honor Douglas  1796-1849

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benajah Douglass

Benajah Douglass
1760-1829

1780

Martha Arnold
1762-1818

Amy Douglass
1782-1830
Dr. Stephen Arnold Douglas
1782-1813
Martha Jane Douglas
1783-1843
Rebecca Douglas
1785-????
Beriah Douglas
1789-1870
Honor Douglas
1796-1849

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Historical events

Birthday December 15, 1760

  • The temperature on December 15, 1760 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: 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)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1760: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
    • June 4 » Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
    • June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
    • June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
    • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
    • November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

Day of death October 2, 1829

  • The temperature on October 2, 1829 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent betrokken dampig winderig. Source: KNMI
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    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 1829: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 2 » After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMSChallenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
    • June 10 » The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
    • August 3 » The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.
    • October 1 » South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa. It will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
    • October 8 » Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
    • December 4 » In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.


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