Family tree Eilander » Harmen Zwerus (Gerrits) (1725-1778)

Personal data Harmen Zwerus (Gerrits) 


Household of Harmen Zwerus (Gerrits)

(1) He is married to Heyltje Bruins (Gerrits).

They were married in church on March 21, 1751 at Vorchten (Gem. Heerde), he was 26 years old.


(2) He is married to Janna van Essen.

They were married in church on May 12, 1765 at Vorchten (Gem. Heerde), he was 40 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik Jan Zwerus  1766-1817 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harmen Zwerus (Gerrits)

Harmen Zwerus (Roelofs)
1665-????
Gerberig Teunis
1664-????
Johanna Herms
± 1695-????

Harmen Zwerus (Gerrits)
1725-1778

(1) 1751

Heyltje Bruins (Gerrits)
-< 1765

(2) 1765

Janna van Essen

Hendrik Jan Zwerus
1766-1817

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Historical events

Christening day March 21, 1725

  • The temperature on March 21, 1725 was about 4.0 °C. 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 1725: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
    • September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

Day of marriage May 12, 1765

  • The temperature on May 12, 1765 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1765: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
    • March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
    • March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
    • March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
    • August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
    • November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.

Day of death August 8, 1778

  • The temperature on August 8, 1778 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
    • February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
    • February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
    • July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    • November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
    • November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.


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