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Personal data Alexander Edwards 


Household of Alexander Edwards

He is married to Sarah Baldwin.

They got married on April 28, 1642, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Joseph Edwards  1647-1690
  2. Mary Edwards  1650-1743
  3. Benjamim Edwards  1652-1724

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Edwards

Alexander Edwards
1612-1690

1642

Sarah Baldwin
1621-1690

Joseph Edwards
1647-1690
Mary Edwards
1650-1743
Benjamim Edwards
1652-1724

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Birthday February 10, 1612

  • 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 1612: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 13 » Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
    • August 18 » The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
    • August 19 » The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
    • September 8 » The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
    • November 1 » During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
    • November 29 » The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.

Day of marriage April 28, 1642

  • 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 1642: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
    • April 15 » Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
    • May 17 » Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
    • November 13 » First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
    • November 24 » Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
    • December 13 » Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.

Day of death September 4, 1690

  • 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 1690: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 3 » The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
    • February 15 » Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
    • June 14 » King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
    • July 1 » Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
    • August 24 » Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
    • September 25 » Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.


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