Olson's Tree » Sarah Backus (1761-1846)

Personal data Sarah Backus 

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  • She was born in the year 1761 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
  • She died on June 2, 1846 in Lebanon, Connecticut, she was 85 years old.

Household of Sarah Backus

She is married to David Trumbull.

They got married on December 6, 1778, she was 17 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Sarah Trumbull  1779-1839 
  2. Abigail Trumbull  1781-1861 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sarah Backus

Sarah Backus
1761-1846

1778

David Trumbull
1751-1822

Sarah Trumbull
1779-1839
Abigail Trumbull
1781-1861
Gov. Joseph Trumbull
1782-1861
Jonathan George Washington Trumbull
1787-1853

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Historical events

Day of marriage December 6, 1778

  • The temperature on December 6, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
    • August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
    • September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
    • September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
    • November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
    • December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.

Day of death June 2, 1846

  • The temperature on June 2, 1846 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • April 25 » Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.
    • May 11 » President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War.
    • May 13 » Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
    • August 10 » The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
    • September 14 » Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
    • September 23 » Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.


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