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Personal data Peter BECKETT 


Household of Peter BECKETT

He had a relationship with Elizabeth CHORLEY.


Child(ren):

  1. Samuel BECKETT  1743-1812 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Peter BECKETT

Hugh BECKETT
± 1641-1699
HANNAH
????-1673
John FOX
1636-1717
Elizabeth WELLS
1660-????
Peter BECKETT
1669-1736
Anne FOX
1684-1747

Peter BECKETT
1717-1775


Elizabeth CHORLEY
1712-1793

Samuel BECKETT
1743-1812

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Historical events

Birthday August 21, 1717

  • Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1717: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
    • March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
    • June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
    • August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
    • September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

Day of death November 30, 1775

  • The temperature on November 30, 1775 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: donker mist 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
    • July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
    • September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
    • September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
    • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
    • November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.


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