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Personal data William Stephens 

  • He was born about 1785 in England.
  • Resident in the year 1851: Heath Shippens, Plympton St Mary, Devon.
    Name: Sarah Stephens Age: 64 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1787 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: William Stephens Gender: Female Where born: Shaugh, Devon, England Civil Parish: Plympton St Mary County/Island: Devon
    Country: England Registration District: Plympton St Mary Sub-registration District: Yealmpton ED, institution, or vessel: 4e Neighbors: Household Schedule Number: 87 Piece: 1877 Folio: 493 Page Number: 21 Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Stephens 72
    Sarah Stephens 64
    Andrew Stephens 31
    Mary Ann Stephens 19
    James Authers 15
  • This information was last updated on January 26, 2023.

Household of William Stephens

He is married to Sarah Sellick.

They got married on February 27, 1807 at Shaugh Prior, Devon. England.

First name(s) William Last name Stephens Age - Birth year - Marriage year 1807 Marriage date 27 Feb 1807 Denomination Anglican Place Shaugh Prior Residence Shaugh Prior Spouse's first name(s) Sarah Spouse's last name Selleck Spouse's residence Shaugh Prior County Devon
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Name: Sarah Selleck Record Type: Marriage Banns (Marriage Bann) Marriage Banns Date: 1807 Marriage Banns Place: Shaugh Prior, Devon, England Marriage Date: Feb 1807 Residence Date: Abt 1807 Residence Place: Shaugh Prior
Religion: Anglican Spouse: William Stephens

Child(ren):

  1. William Stephens  1808-????
  2. Josiah Stephens  1814-1892
  3. Robert Stephens  1816-1895 
  4. Edward Stephens  1818-????
  5. Andrew Stephens  1819-1881
  6. Sarah Stephens  1822-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Stephens

William Stephens
± 1785-????

1807

Sarah Sellick
± 1785-1860

William Stephens
1808-????
Josiah Stephens
1814-1892
Robert Stephens
1816-1895
Edward Stephens
1818-????
Andrew Stephens
1819-1881
Sarah Stephens
1822-????

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Day of marriage February 27, 1807

  • The temperature on February 27, 1807 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken storm(achtig) sneeuw. Source: KNMI
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    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 1807: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 7 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
    • June 22 » In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMSLeopard attacks and boards the American frigate USSChesapeake.
    • June 28 » Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
    • July 5 » In Buenos Aires the local militias repel the British soldiers within the Second English Invasion.
    • July 20 » Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
    • December 17 » Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.

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