Riches to Rags Family Tree » Benjamin Willis (1774-1860)

Personal data Benjamin Willis 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Alternative names: Benjamin Willis 5, Benjamin V Willis, Benj Willis
  • He was born in the year 1774 in Bladen, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was younger than 16 years (0) when child (Benjamin Willis) was born (??-??-1774).

  • Alternative: He was born in the year 1774 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten.Sources 2, 6
  • Alternative: He was born in the year 1774 in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1820: Laurens, Georgia, United States.Source 3
    • in the year 1860: No Twp Listed, Worth County, GA.Source 5
    • in the year 1790: Cumberland, North Carolina, United States.Source 4
  • He died in the year 1860 in Worth, Georgia, United States, he was 86 years old.
  • Alternative: He died in the year 1860 in Worth Co., Georgia, Verenigde Staten, he was 86 years old.Source 2
  • He is buried in Sumner, Worth County, Georgia, USA.Source 2
  • A child of Benjamin Willis and Sarah Spooner

Household of Benjamin Willis

He is married to Margaret Blansett Morrison.

They got married on March 28, 1801 at Bladen Co., North Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 27 years old.

They got married at of GA.Source 6

They got married at Georgia, Verenigde Staten.

They got married on March 28, 1801 at Bladen, North Carolina, United States, he was 27 years old.Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6


Child(ren):

  1. Benjamin Willis  1774-1860 
  2. John Washington Willis  1803-1884 
  3. Nancy Willis  1803-1837
  8. William Willis  1812-1862
  10. Mary Willis  1815-1886
  11. Mary Willis  1815-1886
  12. Sarah Willis  1816-1854
  13. Daniel Willis  1817-1896
  14. Daniel Willis  1817-1896
  16. Arrena Ann Willis  1822-1895
  17. Dempsy Wright Willis  1825-1917 
  18. Cynthia Willis  1828-1908
  19. Cynthia Willis  1828-1908
  20. Barney Willis  1829-1891
  21. William H Willis  1829-1862
  22. Ollie Willis  1831-1927
  27. Wilson D Willis  1834-????
  28. Wilson D Willis  1834-1896
  29. Peggy Willis  1835-1835
  30. Peggy Willis  1835-1835

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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=2159
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    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. 1820 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Laurens, Georgia; Page: 13; NARA Roll: M33_9; Image: 31 / Ancestry.com
    4. 1790 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1790; Census Place: Cumberland, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 105; Image: 408; Family History Library Film: 0568147 / Ancestry.com
    5. Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    6. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 3350.005; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 18 / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Day of marriage March 28, 1801

    • The temperature on March 28, 1801 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1801: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 17 » An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr, Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
      • March 8 » War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
      • April 2 » French Revolutionary Wars: The British capture the Danish fleet.
      • July 6 » First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
      • July 11 » French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
      • August 1 » First Barbary War: The American schooner USSEnterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.

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