♂ Zerah Murdock

1754 - 1822

Zerah Murdock
Parents
John Murdock
John Murdock
1733 - 1804
Jerusha Hatch
Jerusha Hatch
1740 - 1814
Children
Siblings
Seymour Murdock
Seymour Murdock
1764 - 1833
 

Timeline

1754


Dec 11

birth


Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, USA ⇓
He is mentioned in the will of his uncle Andrew Murdock as a son of John Murdock. Even though Andrew Murdock and his wife Tamisen had no children, they named many of their nieces and nephews in their will.
3 Sources ⇓
1754 • Guatemalan Sergeant Mayor Melchor de Mencos y Varón and his troops defeat the British pirates in the battle of San Felipe and the Cobá Lagoon.[http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/domingo/archivo/revistad/2006/marzo06/260306/dhistoria.shtml Revista D – PrensaLibre.com]

1781


Age: 25y
1781 Henry Hurle officially founds the Ancient Order of Druids in London, England.

1785


Jan 9
Age: 30y
1785 Cardinal de Rohan is arrested in Paris; the Necklace Affair comes into the open.

1790


Age: 34y
Zerah Murdock - 1790 United States Federal Census

residence


Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, USA ⇓
The household consisted of 3 males over 16, 3 males under 16, and 2 females. Seymour Murdock is living only a few households away, and according to the Murdock Genealogy book, is a brother of Zerah Murdock, and also served in the 6th regiment during the Revolution.
2 Sources ⇓
1790 Compromise of 1790: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton come to an agreement: Madison agrees to not be "strenuous" in opposition for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agrees to support the capital site being above the Potomac.

1800


Age: 44y
1800 Alessandro Volta describes his new invention, the voltaic pile, the first chemical battery, in a letter to the Royal Society of London.

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