Terry D. Fortner Family Tree » Thomas Cowan (1748-1817)

Personal data Thomas Cowan 

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Household of Thomas Cowan

He had a relationship with Mary Elizabeth Barkley.


Child(ren):

  1. Lydia Cowan  1770-1839

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thomas Cowan

John Cowan
1688-1760
Elizabeth Parke
1692-1777
John Cowin
1723-1811
Mary Dunn
1730-1767

Thomas Cowan
1748-1817


Mary Elizabeth Barkley
1755-1836

Lydia Cowan
1770-1839
Elizabeth "Betsey" Cowan
1784-1843
Mary Cowan
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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees / Ancestry.com
    2. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: 23 Jan 1748
      Birth place: North Carolina
      Death date: 4 Dec 1817
      Death place: Rowan, North Carolina
      Residence date:
      Residence place: United States
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    3. A roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution : commemoration of the United States of, Ancestry.com
      Residence date: 1775-1783
      Residence place: USA
      / Ancestry.com
    4. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    5. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 011 / Ancestry.com
    6. Web: North Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1716-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday January 23, 1748

    • The temperature on January 23, 1748 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken mottig. 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.

    Day of death December 4, 1817

    • The temperature on December 4, 1817 was about 3.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 8 » Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
      • February 12 » An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
      • April 15 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
      • June 5 » The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
      • July 4 » In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
      • November 3 » The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.
    

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