♂ Evan Watkins

1709 - 1765

Evan Watkins
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Eleanor Watkins
Eleanor Watkins
1740 - 1764

Was the very first ferryman on the Potomac.

 

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1728


Age: 19y
1728 August 29 city of Nuuk founded in Greenland as fort Godt-Haab by royal governor Claus Paarss.
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1740


Age: 31y

birth of child


Eleanor Watkins
Watkins Ferry, Frederick, Virginia, USA ⇓
Her siblings names were Thomas, David, Peter, Jean, Ann, and Evan. She was second to youngest before Evan.
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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.

1765


Jul 1
Age: 56y

death


Fredericksburg 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.
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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.

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