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Was the very first ferryman on the Potomac.
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1709
| 1709 • From London, ten ships leave for the New York Colony, carrying over 4,000 people. |
1728
Age: 19y
marriageMary Catherine Finnicum 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1728 • The Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana, the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. |
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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 • Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia. |
1741
Age: 32y
| 1741 • Stemmatographia by Hristofor Zhefarovich, regarded as the first Serbian and Bulgarian secular printed book, is printed in Vienna. |
1764
Age: 55y
| 1764 • John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons of Great Britain for seditious libel. |
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 • Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, requiring the thirteen American colonies to house British troops. |