Riches to Rags Family Tree » Sarah Nelson (1695-1767)
Personal data Sarah Nelson
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- Alternative names: Sarah Nelson, Sarah Nelson, Sarah Jane, Sarah Spooner
- She was born on May 5, 1695 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.Sources 2, 3, 4, 6
Attention: Was older than 60 years (142) when child (James Thomas Spooner) was baptized (March 31, 1838). - She died on January 25, 1767 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, she was 71 years old.Sources 2, 4, 6
Attention: Deceased (January 25, 1767) before baptism (March 31, 1838) of child (James Thomas Spooner). - She is buried in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America.Source 2
- A child of John Nelson and Patience Morton
Household of Sarah Nelson
She is married to Thomas Spooner.
They got married on December 12, 1717 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, she was 22 years old.Source 5
Child(ren):
- Ebenezer Spooner 1718-1776
- Patience Spooner 1720-1774
- Joseph Spooner 1723-1723
- Benjamin Spooner 1723-1723
- Thomas Spooner 1724-1800
- Sarah Spooner 1727-1782
- Sarah Willis 1727-1782
- Jean Spooner 1729-1772
- Dea Ephraim Spooner 1735-1818
- James Thomas Spooner 1838-????
- Patience Howland ????-1774
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=2520
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850, Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1695; Birth city: Plymouth; Birth state: MA / Ancestry.com
- Caribbean, Select Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday May 5, 1695
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1695: Source: Wikipedia
- January 27 » Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
- August 15 » French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
- September 7 » Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
- November 20 » Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho - an event nowadays commemorated in Black Awareness Day.
Day of marriage December 12, 1717
- The temperature on December 12, 1717 was about 9.0 °C. 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).
- July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
- 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.
- September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
Day of death January 25, 1767
- The temperature on January 25, 1767 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: donker. 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 1767: Source: Wikipedia
- April 7 » End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67).
- June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
- July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
- August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
- October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
Same birth/death day
- 1582 » John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg († 1628)
- 1684 » Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles († 1739)
- 1747 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1792)
- 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
- 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
- 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
- 1670 » Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
- 1726 » Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
- 1733 » Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1652)
- 1751 » Paul Dudley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1675)
- 1852 » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
- 1872 » Richard S. Ewell, American general (b. 1817)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P2520.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "Sarah Nelson (1695-1767)".