Among the passengers on board an immigrant ship sailing from Northern Ireland in 1748 were a Leech family of seven and Thomas Lackey. Five of the Leeches died at sea, leaving only 18 year old Agnes and her 9 year old brother John. Many of these immigrants settled in Lancaster, where Thomas Lackey married Agnes in 1754. They and Agnes' brother John and his wife Martha (McComb) moved to the Shenandoah Valley, in what is now Rockbridge Virginia.
1730
| 1730 • Mahmud I (1730–1754) succeeds Ahmed III (1703–1730) as Ottoman Emperor. |
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1747
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immigrationLancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Five of the Leeches died at sea, leaving only 18 year old Agnes with her 9 year old brother John upon arrival in America. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1747 • War of the Austrian Succession – Second battle of Cape Finisterre: The British Navy again defeats a French fleet. |
1754
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marriageThomas Lackey Sr. Londonderry, Ireland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1754 • Guatemalan Sergeant Major Melchor de Mencos y Varón departs the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala with an infantry battalion to fight British pirates that are reportedly disembarking on the coasts of Petén (modern-day Belize) and sacking the nearby towns.[http://www.inforpressca.com/melchordemencos/historia.php Historia del Municipio de Melchor de Mencos, Petén.] |
1767
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birth of childMargaret Lackey Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1767 • William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront. |
1768
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residenceRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Thomas Lackey and Agnes Leech, along with her brother John and his wife Martha, moved to Shenandoah Valley, settling two miles west the Natural Bridge in what is now Rockbridge County. The large outside chimney of the old home still stands. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1768 • First of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica, edited by William Smellie, are published in Edinburgh; one hundred are planned. |
1814
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Age: 84y
| 1814 • Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris. |