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Personal data John Ward 


Household of John Ward

(1) He is married to Rachael Spinning.

They got married on February 24, 1784 at Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, he was 23 years old.


(2) He is married to Lois Cranston.

They got married on March 21, 1793 at Ashfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, he was 33 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Ward

John Ward
1691-1747
Deborah White
1688-????
Daniel Ward
1732-1812

John Ward
1760-1846

(1) 1784

Rachael Spinning
± 1761-1791

(2) 1793

Lois Cranston
1771-1838


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Historical events

  • The temperature on March 21, 1760 was about 6.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. 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)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1760: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
    • March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
    • June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
    • August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
    • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
    • October 25 » King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II
  • The temperature on March 21, 1793 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
    • June 2 » French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
    • July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
    • August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
    • November 10 » A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.
    • December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
  • The temperature on September 8, 1846 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt weerlicht regen. 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 23 » Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.
    • February 20 » Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence.
    • May 1 » The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.
    • June 14 » Bear Flag Revolt begins: Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
    • September 12 » Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
    • September 23 » Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.


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