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Personal data John West 

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Household of John West

He is married to Elizabeth Seaton.

They got married in the year 1750 at Virginia, United States, he was 8 years old.

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=7433
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Historical events

Birthday March 28, 1741

  • The temperature on March 28, 1741 was about 4.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken hagel sneeuw. 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 1741: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
    • March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
    • May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
    • July 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
    • August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
    • September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

Day of death February 8, 1787

  • The temperature on February 8, 1787 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
    • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
    • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
    • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
    • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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