The Brown Tree » Robert Featherstone (1707-1789)
Personal data Robert Featherstone
Source 1- He was born in the year 1707 in South Cave, Humberside, England.
- He died on October 5, 1789 in Swanland, Yorkshire, England, he was 82 years old.
- A child of Thomas Featherstone and Elizabeth LAMBE
Household of Robert Featherstone
He is married to Elizabeth Ashton.
They got married on November 17, 1737 at East Riding, Yorkshire, England, he was 30 years old.
Child(ren):
- Mary Featherstone 1735-????
- Robert Featherstone 1733-????
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Historical events
Day of marriage November 17, 1737
- The temperature on November 17, 1737 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1737: Source: Wikipedia
- March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
- September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
- November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
- December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.
Day of death October 5, 1789
- The temperature on October 5, 1789 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
- January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
- February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
- March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
- September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
- October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
- December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Same birth/death day
- 1740 » Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)
- 1777 » Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
- 1802 » Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter (b. 1781)
- 1805 » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)
- 1813 » Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768)
- 1827 » William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
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Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P6675.php : accessed January 31, 2026), "Robert Featherstone (1707-1789)".
Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P6675.php : accessed January 31, 2026), "Robert Featherstone (1707-1789)".