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
- February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
- May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
- June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
- September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
- 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 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
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 13, 2026), "Capt William John Twitty (1719-1775)".