He was born October 1663 in Guilford, New Haven Co., The British Province of Connecticut (Colonial America).Sources 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
(Coat of Arms) in the year 1663: "BENTON".
He died on January 22, 1758 in Guilford, New Haven Co., The British Province of Connecticut (Colonial America), he was 94 years old.Sources 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
He is buried in the year 1758 in Guilford, New Haven Co., the British Colony of Connecticut (Colonial America).Source 3
They got married on June 14, 1694 at Guilford, New Haven Co., the British Colony of Connecticut (Colonial America), he was 30 years old.Sources 1, 2, 4
February 6 » The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
July 27 » A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
Day of death January 22, 1758
The temperature on January 22, 1758 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken hagel. Source: KNMI
May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
June 30 » Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
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