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Was the very first ferryman on the Potomac.
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1709
1728
Age: 19y
marriageMary Catherine Finnicum 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1728 • August 29 city of Nuuk founded in Greenland as fort Godt-Haab by royal governor Claus Paarss. |
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Age: 31y
1740
Age: 31y
birth of childEleanor Watkins Watkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, USA ⇓ Her siblings names were Thomas, David, Peter, Jean, Ann, and Evan. She was second to youngest before Evan. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1740 • Maria Theresa inherits the hereditary dominions of the Habsburg Monarchy (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and modern-day Belgium) under the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713. However, her succession to the Holy Roman Empire is contested widely because she is a woman. |
1741
Age: 32y
| 1741 • Royal Order of Scotland is founded. |
1764
Age: 55y
| 1764 • Immanuel Kant - Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) |
1765
Jul 1
Age: 56y
deathFredericksburg County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Evan Watkins signed his will by his mark X on May 2, 1764 . It was probated August 6, 1765. It names seven children . All seven of these children were born in Old Frederick County, Virginia. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1765 • The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act, imposing the first direct tax levied from Great Britain on the thirteen American colonies. This is to help pay for British military operations in North America. |