Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Abraham Hofkens (1718-1780)

Personal data Abraham Hofkens 


Household of Abraham Hofkens

He is married to Sijtje de Vries.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Leiden on October 8, 1756.


Child(ren):

  1. Abram Hofkens  1757-????
  2. Klaasje Hofkens  1759-???? 
  3. Pieter Hofkens  1761-???? 
  4. Jannetje Hofkens  1765-1828 
  5. Sijtje Hofkens  1770-????
  6. Ariaantje Hofkens  1771-????
  7. Hilletje Hofkens  1777-1777

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Christening day May 15, 1718

  • The temperature on May 15, 1718 was about 13.0 °C. 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 1718: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 7 » The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
    • May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
    • July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
    • November 22 » Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
    • November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
    • December 17 » War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

Day of death January 22, 1780

  • The temperature on January 22, 1780 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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 1780: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
    • May 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
    • May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
    • August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
    • September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
    • October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.

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