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Personal data Eleazer Gedney 

  • He was born on May 15, 1642 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.
  • He died on April 29, 1683 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, he was 40 years old.
  • He is buried May 1683 in Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
  • A child of John Gedney and Sarah Mary Helly
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Eleazer Gedney

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Turner.

They got married on June 9, 1665 at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, he was 23 years old.


(2) He is married to Mary Patteshall.

They got married on June 2, 1678 at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, he was 36 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Eleazer Gedney

John Gedney
1574-1666
Olive Sutton
1578-1672
Helly M
1590-????
F Helly
1590-????
John Gedney
1603-1688

Eleazer Gedney
1642-1683

(1) 1665

Elizabeth Turner
1648-1677

(2) 1678

Mary Patteshall
± 1644-1716


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Birthday May 15, 1642

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1642: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
    • April 15 » Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
    • August 22 » Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
    • September 23 » The first commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
    • November 24 » Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
    • December 13 » Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.

Day of marriage June 2, 1678

  • 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 1678: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
    • August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
    • November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.

Day of death April 29, 1683

  • 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 1683: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 24 » The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
    • July 16 » Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
    • September 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
    • September 12 » Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
    • September 17 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".
    • October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.


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