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He owned a farm about a mile north of Johnstown, Columbia, New York, on the road leading to Hudson, and another farm at West Taghkanie he gave to his son Nicholas. The Johnston farm he gave to his son Robert, which farm was afterwards owned by Henry du Bois. James Van Deusen and his wife are buried on this farm, near the old hay barn. James Van Deusen was said to have been exceedingly tall, and was thus nicknamed "Foyer" by the members of his family.
1733
| 1733 • The election of Augustus III to succeed his father as King of Poland sparks the War of the Polish Succession. |
1733
Sep 30
Age: 10m
| 1733 • British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. |
1759
Age: 26y
marriageElizabeth Smith 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1759 • Seven Years' War (French and Indian War): Quebec falls to British forces following General Wolfe's victory in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham just outside the city. Both the French Commander (the Marquis de Montcalm) and the British General James Wolfe are fatally wounded. |
1762
Dec 25
Age: 30y
birth of childGrietje Margrieta Van Deusen 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1762 • The Great Holocaust of the Sikhs is carried out by the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali in Punjab. In all, around 30,000 men, women and children perish in this campaign of slaughter. |
1820
Jun 7
Age: 87y
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deathWest Taghkanie, Columbia, New York, USA ⇓ He died suddenly at the home of his son, Nicholas Van Deusen, a farm in West Taghkanie. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1820 • Mount Rainier erupts over what is today Seattle. |