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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 • A fortress is founded on the future site of Ust-Abakanskoye (modern Abakan). |
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Age: 17y
1725
Age: 17y
marriageSarah Ramsey Fredericksburg, Essex, Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1725 • The Order of Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. |
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Age: 26y
1734
Age: 26y
| 1734 • Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia, in America. |
1737
Age: 29y
marriageEllen Eleanor Davis 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1737 • Lancaster County Prison, Lancaster, Pennsylvania is first constructed in response to the seven violent years preceding of the ongoing Cresap's War in the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary dispute and war. |
1737
Age: 29y
| 1737 • The planet Venus passes in front of Mercury. The event is witnessed during the evening hours by the amateur astronomer John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. As of 2006, it is still the only such planet/planet occultation that has been directly observed. |
1765
Sep
Age: 58y
birth of childCatherine Bourne Virginia, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1765 • James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of the steam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser. |
1774
Mar
Age: 66y
deathCulpepper County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Possibly from a fall from his horse. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1774 • The First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |