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Personal data Benjamin CROFTS 


Household of Benjamin CROFTS

He has/had a relationship with Mary BARKER.


Child(ren):

  1. Isaac CROFTS  1750-1811 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin CROFTS

William CROFTS
1650-1721
Bridget PEGLEY
1650-????
Isaac CROFTS
1688-????
Ann ALSOPE
1701-????

Benjamin CROFTS
1724-1776


Mary BARKER
1725-1781

Isaac CROFTS
1750-1811

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Birthday December 20, 1724

  • The temperature on December 20, 1724 was about 4.0 °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 1724: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
    • April 7 » Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
    • November 11 » Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
    • December 7 » Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.

Day of death July 22, 1776

  • The temperature on July 22, 1776 was about 18.0 °C. There was 180 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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.
    • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
    • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
    • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
    • September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
    • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.


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