Family tree Weening » Jan Melles (± 1745-????)

Personal data Jan Melles 

  • He was born about 1745 in -.
  • He died in -.
  • This information was last updated on April 15, 2019.

Household of Jan Melles

He is married to Aafke Klazes.

They got married on February 26, 1775 at Oudwoude, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Trijntje Jans Leegstra  1776-1854 
  2. Klaas Jans Leegstra  1777-1856 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Melles

Jan Melles
± 1745-????

1775

Aafke Klazes
± 1745-1825

Trijntje Jans Leegstra
1776-1854
Klaas Jans Leegstra
1777-1856
Wemeltje Jans Leegstra
1785-1855

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Sources

  1. Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Oudwoude Westergeest 1740-1810

Historical events

Day of marriage February 26, 1775

  • The temperature on February 26, 1775 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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)
  • In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
    • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
    • May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
    • July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
    • October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
    • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

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