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Personal data John Stevens 

  • He was born in the year 1749 in Thorverton, Devon. England.
  • He was christened on April 16, 1749 in Thorverton, Devon. England.
    First name(s) John Last name Stevens Gender Male Birth year - Birth place - Baptism year 1749
    Baptism date 16 Apr 1749 Place Thorverton County Devon Country England Father's first name(s) Samuel
    Father's last name Stevens Mother's first name(s) Jane Mother's last name -
  • He died in the year 1813 in Thorverton, Devon. England, he was 64 years old.
  • He is buried on September 30, 1813 in Thorverton, Devon. England.
    First name(s) John
    Last name Stevens
    Age 70
    Birth year 1743
    Death year 1813
    Burial year 1813
    Burial date 30 Sep 1813
    Denomination Anglican
    Burial place Thorverton
    County Devon
    Country England
    Archive South West Heritage Trust
    Record set Devon Burials
    Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  • A child of Samuel Stevens and Jane Medelton
  • This information was last updated on September 19, 2018.

Household of John Stevens

He is married to Susannah Street.

They got married on October 17, 1773 at Thorverton, Devon. England, he was 24 years old.

First name(s) John
Last name Stevens
Marriage year 1773
Marriage date 17 Oct 1773
Spouse's first name(s) Susannah
Spouse's last name Street
Denomination Anglican
Parish Thorverton
Place Thorverton
County Devon
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Record set Devon Marriages

Child(ren):

  1. John Stevens  1789-????
  2. Susannah Stevens  ± 1779-1779

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Stevens

Samuel Stevens
± 1720-????
Jane Medelton
1720-????

John Stevens
1749-1813

1773

Susannah Street
1754-????

John Stevens
1789-????
Susannah Stevens
± 1779-1779

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Historical events

Christening day April 16, 1749

  • The temperature on April 16, 1749 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: donder bliksem. 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 1749: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
    • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
    • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
    • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
    • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

Day of marriage October 17, 1773

  • The temperature on October 17, 1773 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw. 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
    • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
    • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
    • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
    • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Day of burial September 30, 1813

  • The temperature on September 30, 1813 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder winderig. 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 20 » Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
    • June 22 » War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
    • August 26 » War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
    • August 31 » At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
    • November 11 » War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
    • December 30 » War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

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