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Personal data Jacobus Antonius "Jacob" Smeets 

  • Nickname is Jacob.
  • He was christened on March 13, 1758 in Echt.
    volgens Limburgs tijdschrift genealogie 77.75 + 76 geboren 13-5-1758
  • Profession: halfwinner of halfman van Swaantjeshof, Berkelaar, Echt tot 1806, Roosteren en Maasbracht; hoofdgericht Echt; vanaf 1795 Commissaire de la Police van Echt, staat voor het jaar 1811 vermeld als lid van het kiescollege van het kanton Maaseik.
  • He died on April 9, 1811 in Echt.
  • A child of Dominicus Josephus Smeets and Anna Maria Janssen
  • This information was last updated on April 25, 2022.

Household of Jacobus Antonius "Jacob" Smeets

He is married to Maria Helena Wackers.

They got married on February 4, 1792 at Echt.

Witnesses: Jacobus Smeets,

Child(ren):

  2. Anna Maria Smeets  1795-1862 
  3. Hermanus Smeets  1796-1837
  4. Catrine Smeets  1798-1801
  7. Catharina Smeets  1803-1867


Notes about Jacobus Antonius "Jacob" Smeets

ook Jacques Antoin of Antoine
Een halfwinner is iemand, die een stuk grond pacht tegen de helft van de opbrengst.
Hij moest tussen 1806 en 1808 Zwaantjeshof ontruimen, dat als kerkelijk bezit door de Fransen geconfisqueerd werd. Het gezin vertrok eerst naar Huis Verduynen te Echt en later naar Maasbracht.
Verduyenen te Echt, zie: "Drie adelijke huizen te Echt".

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Christening day March 13, 1758

  • The temperature on March 13, 1758 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: geheel 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)
  • 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 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
    • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
    • August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
    • October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
    • 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.

Day of marriage February 4, 1792

  • The temperature on February 4, 1792 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
    • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
    • May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
    • June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    • September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
    • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.

Day of death April 9, 1811

  • The temperature on April 9, 1811 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    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 1811: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in the north American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
    • March 1 » Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
    • May 16 » Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
    • June 16 » Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100attackers.
    • July 5 » The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a congress of the provinces.
    • July 30 » Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico.


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