Family tree Willems Hoogeloon-Best » William SETON (1746-1798)

Personal data William SETON 


Household of William SETON

He is married to Rebecca CURSON.

They got married on March 2, 1767, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Magee SETON  1768-1803
  2. Anna Maria SETON  1775-1800

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William SETON

John SETON
± 1710-????

William SETON
1746-1798

1767

Rebecca CURSON
± 1748-1775


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  • The temperature on April 24, 1746 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken zeer betrokken. 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 1746: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
    • April 16 » The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
    • June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
    • October 22 » The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
  • The temperature on March 2, 1767 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen. 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 1767: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 7 » End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67).
    • June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
    • July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
    • July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
    • August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
    • October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
  • The temperature on June 9, 1798 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1798: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 29 » United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
    • July 11 » The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
    • August 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
    • September 3 » The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
    • September 10 » At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
    • November 28 » Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when John Leamy's frigate John arrives in Montevideo.


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