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Personal data Elizabeth Leighton 

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Household of Elizabeth Leighton

She had a relationship with Benjamin Lee.


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Lee  1801-1865 
  2. Emily C. Lee  1813-1864 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elizabeth Leighton

Elizabeth Leighton
1776-1871


Benjamin Lee
1765-1828

Elizabeth Lee
1801-1865
Emily C. Lee
1813-1864

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Birthday September 22, 1776

  • The temperature on September 22, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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)
  • In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
    • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
    • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
    • September 7 » According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
    • September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
    • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

Day of death May 3, 1871

  • The temperature on May 3, 1871 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 36%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
    • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
    • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
    • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
    • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
    • December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.


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