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Personal data Prudence Motley 

  • She was born in the year 1774 in Amelia, Virginia, United States.
  • She died November 1858 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, she was 84 years old.
  • A child of Joseph Motley and Martha Elizabeth Ellington
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Prudence Motley

(1) She is married to Joshua Stone.

They got married on December 15, 1795 at Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, she was 21 years old.


(2) She is married to Henry W. Faris.

They got married on July 20, 1829 at Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, she was 55 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Prudence Motley

Joseph Motley
1695-1777
Elizabeth Forrest
1700-1792
David Ellington
1715-1774
Martha Ann Tucker
1720-1782
Joseph Motley
± 1723-1806

Prudence Motley
1774-1858

(1) 1795

Joshua Stone
1775-± 1818

(2) 1829

Henry W. Faris
1803-????


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Historical events

Day of marriage July 20, 1829

  • The temperature on July 20, 1829 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: bui onweer. 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 1829: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
    • May 23 » Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
    • July 23 » In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
    • September 11 » Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico. This was the consummation of Mexico's campaign for independence.
    • October 8 » Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
    • December 4 » In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.

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