Warren, Paterson, Bries and Aerts Our roots, branches and twigs » John Gourlay (1678-1723)
Personal data John Gourlay
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4- He was born on September 29, 1678 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland, UK.Source 2
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (5) when child (THOMAS GOURLAY) was born (August 9, 1684). - He was baptized in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.Source 2
- He died on November 10, 1723 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland, UK, he was 45 years old.Source 3
- Alternative: He died on March 2, 1724 in Ceres, Fife, Scotland, UK, he was 45 years old.
- A child of John Gourlay and Christian Carstairs
Household of John Gourlay
(1) He is married to Helen Black.
They got married on October 16, 1703 at Ceres,Fife,Scotland, he was 25 years old.Source 4
They got married at Craigrothy Ceres, Fife, Scotland.Child(ren):
- Robert Gourlay 1704-????
- Mary Gourlay 1707-1707
- Euphan Gourlay 1709-????
- John Gourlay 1712-????
- David Gourlay 1714-1792
- Archibald Gourlay 1717-????
(2) He has/had a relationship with Elspeth Lonie.
Child(ren):
- THOMAS GOURLAY 1684-????
- Janet GOURLAY 1701-????
- David GOURLAY 1703-????
- Thomas GOURLAY 1706-????
- Anna Gourlay 1709-????
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday September 29, 1678
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1678: Source: Wikipedia
- June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
- August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
- November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
Day of marriage October 16, 1703
- 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 1703: Source: Wikipedia
- May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
- May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
- August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
- December 7 » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120mph, and 9,000 people die.
Day of death March 2, 1724
- The temperature on March 2, 1724 was about 4.0 °C. 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 1724: Source: Wikipedia
- January 28 » The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
- April 7 » Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
- November 11 » Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
- December 7 » Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
Same birth/death day
- 1639 » William Russell, Lord Russell, English politician († 1683)
- 1640 » Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor and educator († 1720)
- 1674 » Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer († 1763)
- 1678 » Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1766)
- 1691 » Richard Challoner, English bishop († 1781)
- 1703 » François Boucher, French painter and set designer († 1770)
- 1619 » Anne of Denmark, queen of Scotland (b. 1574)
- 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
- 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
- 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
- 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
- 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
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