RanHam Tree » Capt William John Twitty (1719-1775)
Personal data Capt William John Twitty
Source 1Sources 2, 3- He was born in the year 1719 in Goochland, Virginia.Sources 3, 4
- He died on March 28, 1775 in Little Twitty's Fort, Between Richmond &, Berea, Madison County (near Lexington) Kentucky, he was 56 years old.Sources 3, 5
- He is buried in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, United States of America.Source 3
- A child of John Twitty and Mary Wynne
Household of Capt William John Twitty
(1) He is married to Susannah "Susan" Bellars (Belton) Twitty.
They got married in the year 1760 at Rutherford, North Carolina, United States, he was 41 years old.
Child(ren):
- Anthony Twitty 1745-1816
- Captain William Lynch Twitty 1761-1816
- Russell Twitty 1762-1834
- Susan Bell Twitty 1763-1825
- Bellaria Twitty 1763-1825
- Mary TWITTY McFadden 1764-1830
Child(ren):
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Historical events
Day of death March 28, 1775
- The temperature on March 28, 1775 was about 5.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen hagel. 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.
- April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
- April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
- May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
- August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
- November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
Same birth/death day
- 1687 » Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
- 1794 » Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
- 1818 » Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
- 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
- 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
- 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
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Randy James Hammock, "RanHam Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ranham-tree/P3026.php : accessed October 10, 2026), "Capt William John Twitty (1719-1775)".