Family tree of Vreeswijk » Willem Claasz Benschop (1745-± 1808)

Personal data Willem Claasz Benschop 


Household of Willem Claasz Benschop

He is married to Ariaantje Ariaentje Graafland.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Bergambacht on March 3, 1781.

They got married on April 22, 1781 at Haastrecht.


Child(ren):

  1. Willemina Benschop  1782-1827
  2. Aaltje Benschop  1783-1815
  4. Cornelis Benschop  1787-1844
  5. Niesje Benschop  1789-1791
  6. Klaas Benschop  1791-1852
  7. Arie Benschop  1792-1858
  8. Niesje Benschop  1794-????
  9. Willem Benschop  1795-1829


Notes about Willem Claasz Benschop

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    Historical events

    Christening day May 16, 1745

    • The temperature on May 16, 1745 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1745: Source: Wikipedia
      • June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
      • June 28 » A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
      • August 19 » Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
      • September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
      • November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
      • December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.

    Day of marriage April 22, 1781

    • The temperature on April 22, 1781 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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)
    • In the year 1781: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
      • January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
      • February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
      • March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
      • June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
      • September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.

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