Stephenson Family Tree » Tirza Ward (1772-????)

Personal data Tirza Ward 

  • She was christened on January 28, 1772 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  • She died in Antwerp, Jefferson, New York.
  • A child of Daniel Ward and Hannah Elliot Harroun
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Tirza Ward

She is married to Josiah Drake.

They got married on February 8, 1791.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Tirza Ward

John Ward
1691-1747
Deborah White
1688-????
Alexander Harroun
1691-1784
Catherine Elliot
1701-1767
Daniel Ward
1732-1812

Tirza Ward
1772-????

1791

Josiah Drake
-1844


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Historical events

Christening day January 28, 1772

  • The temperature on January 28, 1772 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: sneeuw donker. 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 1772: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
    • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
    • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
    • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
    • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
    • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Day of marriage February 8, 1791

  • The temperature on February 8, 1791 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
    • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
    • August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
    • September 5 » Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
    • October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
    • December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

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