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Personal data Captain William B Sherrill 

  • He was born on May 1, 1723 in Maryland, British Colonial America.
  • He died on December 31, 1786 in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, he was 63 years old.
  • He is buried January 1787 in Sherrills Ford, Catawba County, North Carolina, United States.
  • A child of Adam Sherrill and Elizabeth Corzine
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Captain William B Sherrill

He is married to Agnes "Susan" White.

They got married on April 12, 1743 at Augusta, Virginia, United States, he was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Jacob Sherrill  1750-1829 
  2. Elizabeth Sherrill  1740-1779
  3. Luther Sherrill  1743-1829
  4. Agnes Sherrill  ± 1743-????
  5. Mary Sherrill  1744-1803
  6. Mary Ann Sherrill  1744-1810
  7. Sarah L Sherrill  1746-1826
  8. Jacob S Sherrill  1748-1831
  10. Rachel Sherrill  1754-1787
  11. Agnes Sherrill  1754-1817
  13. Moses Sherrill  1759-1829
  14. Ruth Ann Sherrill  1765-1853
  15. Bennett Sherrill  > 1766-????
  16. Strawbridge Sherrill  > 1767-????

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Historical events

Birthday May 1, 1723

  • The temperature on May 1, 1723 was about 17.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1723: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
    • August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
    • September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

Day of marriage April 12, 1743

  • The temperature on April 12, 1743 was about 3.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen geheel 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 1743: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
    • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
    • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Day of death December 31, 1786

  • The temperature on December 31, 1786 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1786: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
    • June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
    • August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
    • August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
    • November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
    • November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).


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