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John Bourne Jr. was only 14 when his father died. He inherited the family plantation and became the head of the household. He married at age 19 to Sarah Ramsey, who bore him three children before her death. After the death of Sarah in 1734, John sold the plantation and moved to Culpepper County, Va. where he met and married Eleanor Davis. John and Eleanor had 11 children.
1707
Sep
1707 • The last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji begins in Japan. |
about
Age: 17y
1725
Age: 17y
marriageSarah Ramsey Fredericksburg, Essex, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
1725 • Catherine I becomes Empress of Russia on the death of her husband, Peter the Great. |
about
Age: 26y
1734
Age: 26y
1734 • Salzburgers arrive at the mouth of the Savannah River, in the British Colony of Georgia. |
1737
Age: 29y
marriageEllen Eleanor Davis 3 Sources ⇓ |
1737 • The direct male line of the Medici family becomes extinct with the death of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. |
1737
Age: 29y
1737 • The oldest existing English language newspaper in the world, The News Letter, is founded in Belfast, Ireland. |
1765
Sep
Age: 58y
birth of childCatherine Bourne Virginia, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1765 • Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, requiring the thirteen American colonies to house British troops. |
1774
Mar
Age: 66y
deathCulpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Possibly from a fall from his horse. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1774 • The element oxygen is discovered for the third (and last) time – the second quantitatively following the somewhat earlier work of Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1771–1772) – by Joseph Priestley, who publishes the fact in 1775 and so names the element and usually gets all the credit. |