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Personal data Mary Polly Jones 

  • She was born about 1784 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States.
  • She died on January 29, 1862 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States.
  • She is buried in the year 1862.
  • A child of Elisha Jones and Jerusha Watson
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Mary Polly Jones

She is married to Joseph Motley.

They got married on January 17, 1807 at Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Polly Jones

William Jones
1735-1823
Mary Ann Whitlock
1741-1823
Thomas Chiripton Watson
1731-1811
Alice "Elce" Justice
1739-1812
Elisha Jones
1761-1848

Mary Polly Jones
± 1784-1862

1807

Joseph Motley
1786-1839


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Historical events

Day of marriage January 17, 1807

  • The temperature on January 17, 1807 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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 1807: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 5 » HMS Blenheim and HMS Java disappear off the coast of Rodrigues.
    • February 19 » Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
    • March 25 » The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
    • June 14 » Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
    • June 22 » In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMSLeopard attacks and boards the American frigate USSChesapeake.
    • September 2 » The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

Day of death January 29, 1862

  • The temperature on January 29, 1862 was about 7.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
    • July 15 » The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
    • July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
    • August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
    • August 28 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
    • December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.


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