♂ Zerah Murdock

1754 - 1822

Zerah Murdock
Parents
John Murdock
John Murdock
1733 - 1804
Jerusha Hatch
Jerusha Hatch
1740 - 1814
Children
Siblings
Seymour Murdock
Seymour Murdock
1764 - 1833
 

Timeline

1754


Dec 11

birth


Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, USA ⇓
He is mentioned in the will of his uncle Andrew Murdock as a son of John Murdock. Even though Andrew Murdock and his wife Tamisen had no children, they named many of their nieces and nephews in their will.
3 Sources ⇓
1754 Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.

1781


Age: 25y
1781 Battle of Jersey: British troops prevent the French from occupying Jersey in the Channel Islands.

1785


Jan 9
Age: 30y
1785 • The British government establishes a permanent land force in the Eastern Caribbean, based in Barbados.

1790


Age: 34y
Zerah Murdock - 1790 United States Federal Census

residence


Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, USA ⇓
The household consisted of 3 males over 16, 3 males under 16, and 2 females. Seymour Murdock is living only a few households away, and according to the Murdock Genealogy book, is a brother of Zerah Murdock, and also served in the 6th regiment during the Revolution.
2 Sources ⇓
1790 • The Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars begins in New South Wales, Australia as a result of deterioration in relations and increasing colonization.

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