Walker Family Tree » William Meeks (1764-1839)

Personal data William Meeks 

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  • He was born in the year 1764 in Sutton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Alternative: He was born c1755 in Sutton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • He died on January 26, 1839 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, he was 75 years old.Source 2
  • A child of Joseph Meeks and Elizabeth Cave

Household of William Meeks

He is married to Mary Charter.

They got married on January 13, 1784 at Sutton, Cambridgeshire, England, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. James MEEKS  1793-1875 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Meeks

John Meeks
-????
Sarah Russell
1702-> 1741
Scott Cave
1723-1748
Susanna
± 1706-????
Joseph Meeks
1731-1769

William Meeks
1764-1839

1784

Mary Charter
1755-1826

James MEEKS
1793-1875

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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=107001826&pid=47
      / Ancestry.com
    2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Day of marriage January 13, 1784

    • The temperature on January 13, 1784 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1784: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 14 » American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
      • March 22 » The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
      • April 9 » The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
      • June 4 » Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
      • August 17 » Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
      • August 23 » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.

    Day of death January 26, 1839

    • The temperature on January 26, 1839 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt bui hagel. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
      • April 19 » The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
      • June 3 » In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
      • July 2 » Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
      • August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
      • November 17 » Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
    

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