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Personal data Benjamin Farnham 


Household of Benjamin Farnham

(1) He is married to Susanna Foster.

They got married estimated around 1722 at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, he was 22 years old.


(2) He is married to Hephzibah Harnden.

They got married on January 4, 1723 at Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, he was 23 years old.


(3) He is married to Thankful Foote.

They got married on December 18, 1723 at Branford, New Haven, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America, he was 24 years old.


(4) He is married to Elizabeth Tyler.

They got married on June 3, 1725, he was 26 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Farnham

Ralph Farnam
1633-1715
Elizabeth Holt
1636-1710
William Sterling
1632-1719
Elizabeth Sawtell
1638-1675
Ralph Farnum
1662-1737

Benjamin Farnham
1699-1765

(1) 1722

Susanna Foster
± 1697-????

(2) 1723

Hephzibah Harnden
1705-1740

(3) 1723

Thankful Foote
1694-1724

(4) 1725

Elizabeth Tyler
1705-1741


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Historical events

Birthday March 14, 1699

  • 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 1699: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers.
    • February 16 » First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
    • March 30 » Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.
    • April 14 » Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.

Day of marriage June 3, 1725

  • The temperature on June 3, 1725 was about 13.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1725: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
    • September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

Day of death April 19, 1765

  • The temperature on April 19, 1765 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: mist omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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 1765: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
    • March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
    • March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
    • March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
    • August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
    • November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.


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