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Personal data John Gedney 


Household of John Gedney

(1) He is married to Sarah Mary Helly.

They got married on April 25, 1637 at Wrentham, Suffolk, England, he was 34 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Bethiah Prince  ± 1630-1671 
  2. Mary Gedney  1630-1677
  3. Bartholomew Gedney  1640-1698
  4. Eleazer Gedney  1642-1683
  5. Sarah Gedney  1644-????


(2) He has/had a relationship with Lydia.


(3) He had a relationship with Katherine Franklin.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Gedney

Richard Gedney
1547-1614
Rose Littlebury
1557-± 1612
Francis Sutton
1545-1584
Eleanor Molyneux
1548-1637
John Gedney
1574-1666
Olive Sutton
1578-1672

John Gedney
1603-1688

(1) 1637

Sarah Mary Helly
1612-1648

Bethiah Prince
± 1630-1671
Mary Gedney
1630-1677
Bartholomew Gedney
1640-1698
Eleazer Gedney
1642-1683
Sarah Gedney
1644-????
(2) 

Lydia
± 1603-1636

(3) 

Katherine Franklin
1603-< 1678


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Historical events

Christening day January 24, 1609

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1609: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
    • April 9 » Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
    • August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
    • August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
    • September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
    • September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.

Day of marriage April 25, 1637

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1637: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 15 » Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
    • February 18 » Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
    • May 26 » Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
    • September 29 » 42-year-old Lorenzo Ruiz dies.

Day of death August 5, 1688

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1688: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 10 » King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
    • September 26 » The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
    • November 5 » William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
    • November 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
    • December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
    • December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.


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