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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 • Frederick II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Frederick William I. |
1741
Age: 32y
| 1741 • John Edwards gives "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God" sermon |
1764
Age: 55y
| 1764 • Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto "a story, translated by William Marshal, Gent., from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto", the first Gothic novel |
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 • Jean-Jacques Rousseau's house in Switzerland is stoned by a mob. |