Children
1760
| 1760 • The British Royal Navy ship HMS Royal Katherine runs aground off Bolt Head in England with the loss of 699 lives. |
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marriageMary Woolum 1 Source ⇓ |
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Age: 16y
1776
Age: 16y
| 1776 • Francisco Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, and eight other Spaniards set out from Santa Fe on an eighteen-hundred mile trek through the American Southwest. They are the first Europeans to explore the vast region between the Rockies and the Sierras.Saunt, Claudio (2014). West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, p. 95. W. W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 9780393240207. |
1780
Jul 20
Age: 20y
birth of childAnna Murphy Virginia, USA ⇓ |
| 1780 • American Revolutionary War – Battle of Camden: British troops inflict heavy losses on a Patriot army at Camden, South Carolina. |
1781
May 1
Age: 21y
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birth of childSusannah Cassanah Murphy Virginia, USA ⇓ Even though the initials for the birthplace of her 1850 census look like they are for Maryland, it very clearly is spelled out that she was born in Virginia in her 1860 census. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1781 • Virginia passes a law ceding its western land claims, paving the way for Maryland to ratify the Articles of Confederation. |