Riches to Rags Family Tree » Duncan Menzies of Weems (1687-1739)
Personal data Duncan Menzies of Weems
Sources 1, 2, 3Sources 2, 3- Alternative name: Duncan Menzies
- He was born on December 10, 1687 in Fowlis-Wester, Perthshire, Scotland.
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (11) when child (Lady Elizabeth Menzies) was born (??-??-1698). Attention: Was older than 90 years (100) when married (December 14, 1787). - He died on February 15, 1739 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, he was 51 years old.
Attention: Died (February 15, 1739) before marriage (December 14, 1787). - A child of Sir Alexander Menzies of Weems and Lady Agnes Campbell
- A child of Sir Alexander Finlay Menzies of Weems and Lady (Margaret) Agnes Campbell
- A child of John Menzies and Janet Stewart
Household of Duncan Menzies of Weems
(1) He is married to Lady Margaret McGregor.
They got married on November 22, 1713 at Dull,Perth,Scotland, he was 25 years old.
Child(ren):
- James Menzies 1716-????
- Donald Menzies 1718-????
- Duncan Menzies 1727-????
- Girzle Menzies 1730-????
- Katrin Menzies 1733-????
(2) He is married to Margaret Vasey.
They got married on December 14, 1787 at British Chaplaincy,St Petersburg,Russia,USSR, he was 100 years old.Source 3
They got married on November 22, 1713 at Dull,Perth,Scotland, he was 25 years old.Source 2Child(ren):
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=817
/ Ancestry.com - Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Russia, Select Marriages, 1793-1919, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday December 10, 1687
- 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 1687: Source: Wikipedia
- March 19 » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
- July 5 » Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
- August 12 » Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
- September 26 » Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
- December 31 » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
Day of marriage December 14, 1787
- The temperature on December 14, 1787 was about 7.0 °C. 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
- January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
- February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
- May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
- October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Day of death February 15, 1739
- The temperature on February 15, 1739 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken storm(achtig). 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 1739: Source: Wikipedia
- February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
- February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
- February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
- March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
- September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
- October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
Same birth/death day
- 1610 » Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter († 1685)
- 1654 » Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter († 1719)
- 1658 » Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York († 1743)
- 1713 » Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist († 1747)
- 1751 » George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist († 1813)
- 1776 » Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este († 1848)
- 1637 » Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
- 1738 » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
- 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
- 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
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