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Personal data John Benson 


Household of John Benson

He is married to Elisabeth Washburn.

They got married on December 4, 1710 at Bridgewater, Plymouth Cy, Massachusetts, USA, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Susannah Benson  1711-1788 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Benson

John Benson
1684-1770

1710

Elisabeth Washburn
1684-1765

Susannah Benson
1711-1788

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Birthday March 18, 1684

  • 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 1684: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 18 » The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
    • December 10 » Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.

Day of marriage December 4, 1710

  • The temperature on December 4, 1710 was about 7.0 °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 1710: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 28 » Battle of Helsingborg: 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. This is the last time Swedish and Danish troops meet on Swedish soil.
    • April 5 » The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.
    • April 10 » The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
    • August 20 » War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
    • October 13 » Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.

Day of death May 30, 1770

  • The temperature on May 30, 1770 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: mottig 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
    • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
    • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
    • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
    • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.


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