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
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Age: 17y
1747
Age: 17y
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 • A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers, attacks and defeats British troops at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. |
1754
Age: 24y
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marriageThomas Lackey Sr. Londonderry, Ireland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1754 • French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers. |
1767
Age: 37y
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birth of childMargaret Lackey Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1767 • Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Ocean is sighted from HMS Swallow by 15-year-old Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on a British Royal Navy expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret, the first definite European sighting. |
1768
Age: 38y
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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 • The Steller's sea cow, discovered on Bering Island in 1741, is driven to extinction. |
1814
Sep 23
Age: 84y
| 1814 • Napoleon abdicates unconditionally as Emperor of the French. |