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Personal data Jacob S Sherrill 

  • He was born on March 20, 1748 in Bladen, North Carolina, British Colonial America.
  • He died on March 8, 1831 in Wilson County, North Carolina, United States, he was 82 years old.
  • He is buried in Moore Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, United States.
  • A child of William B Sherrill and Agnes "Susan" White
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Jacob S Sherrill

(1) He is married to Margaret Lawrence.

They got married on July 29, 1767 at Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America, he was 19 years old.


(2) He is married to Sarah Sally Massey.

They got married on October 24, 1771 at Rowan, North Carolina, United States, he was 23 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jacob S Sherrill

Adam Sherrill
1696-1772
Moses White
1685-????

Jacob S Sherrill
1748-1831

(1) 1767
(2) 1771

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Historical events

  • The temperature on March 20, 1748 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1748: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
    • August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
    • October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
    • October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
  • The temperature on October 24, 1771 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1771: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
    • May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
    • July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
    • July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
    • October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.
  • The temperature on March 8, 1831 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken 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 1831: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • April 7 » Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.
    • April 12 » Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
    • July 20 » Seneca and Shawnee people agree to relinquish their land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River.
    • July 21 » Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
    • August 21 » Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.
    • December 31 » Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.


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