Sherren Family Tree » Esther Benton (1758-1840)
Personal data Esther Benton
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- She was born on February 9, 1758 in Litchfield, Lichfield Co., the British Colony of Connecticut (Colonial America).Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- (Coat of Arms) in the year 1758: "BENTON".
- She died on December 27, 1840 in Litchfield, Lichfield Co., Connecticut, United States, she was 82 years old.Sources 1, 4, 5, 6
- She is buried in the year 1825 in Litchfield, Lichfield Co., Connecticut, United States.Sources 4, 5, 6
Attention: Buried (??-??-1825) before death (December 27, 1840).West Cemetery
- A child of Nathaniel Benton and Abigail Gillett
Household of Esther Benton
She is married to Benjamin Bissell.
They got married on February 21, 1774 at Litchfield, Lichfield Co., Connecticut, United States, she was 16 years old.
Child(ren):
- Nathaniel Brissell 1786-1872
- Eunice Brissell 1790-????
- Abigail Brissell 1792-????
- Dortha Brissell 1795-1892
- Herman Brissell 1797-1867
- Amos Brissell 1799-1888
- Julia Brissell 1801-1876
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Sources
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Volume: 174 / Ancestry.ca
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 9, 1758
- The temperature on February 9, 1758 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. 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)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1758: Source: Wikipedia
- 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.
- July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
- August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
- November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
- December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
- December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
Day of marriage February 21, 1774
- The temperature on February 21, 1774 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
- January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
- March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
- June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
- July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
- September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
- October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
Day of death December 27, 1840
- The temperature on December 27, 1840 was about -7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken windstil dampig. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
- May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
- October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Same birth/death day
- 1741 » Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer († 1799)
- 1748 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1817)
- 1763 » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden († 1830)
- 1769 » George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1848)
- 1773 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States († 1841)
- 1775 » Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1856)
- 1800 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
- 1812 » Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)
- 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
- 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
- 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
- 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
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