12

Abigail Collins (Bedell) 78

11

Joanna [Hannah] Emerson (Woolcott) 88 died
Mary Jones (Lewis) 100
Mary Foster (Jones) 101

10

Joseph Seeley 66 died
Sarah Lumbert [Lombard] (Phinney) 85
Samuel Gilbert 62
Lydia Barnes (Gilbert) 59
Joanna Walcott (Wheeler) 64 died
Joseph Snow 87
Martha Tinkham (Soule) 74
Experience Hawes (Sprout) 65
Hannah Smith (Rowland) 100
William Ross 65
Anna Langworthy (Crandall) 63
John Crandall 69
Jenkins Lewis 62
Isaac Van Deursen 63
Annetje Waldron (Van Deursen) 70
Jonathan Wilmarth 93
John Newton Jr. 84
Robert Searle 84
Rebecca Evans (Searle) 75
Joseph Lewis 79
Hannah Jones (Lewis) 74
Abraham Jaquith 78
Sarah Jones (Jaquith) 70
Enoch Kidder 87
Laughlin Flinn 61
Elizabeth (Flynn) 43
Hugh Laughlin 46
Alexander Gordon 29
Jane Stewart (Gordon) 29
George Martin 21
Sarah (Martin) 19
William Dudley 54
Mary Barbor [Barker] (Dudley) 55
Joseph Conrad Gentzler 42

9

Jeremiah Gifford 70
Mary Wright (Gifford) 68
Daniel Shepherd 63
Nathan Davis 61
Elizabeth Phinney [Finney] (Davis) 61
Peter Abbott 50
Lydia Gilbert (Abbott) 39
Thomas Bannister 36
Mercy Wheeler (Bannister) 33
Jonathan Snow 48
Samuel Tinkham 64
Thomas Perkins 63
Andreas Killian 49
Joseph C Crandall 34
Elizabeth Crandall (Crandall) 33
John Ladd 17
Mary Lewis (Ladd) 29
Daniel Barber 32
Sarah Van Duersen (Sickels) 30
Pricilla Bayley (Wolcott) 75
Ebenezer Jackson 53
John Brewer 53
Hannah Merriam (Brewer) 50
Benjamin Lewis 46
Elizabeth Jaquith (Lewis) 43
Simon Crosby 62
John Matson 70
William West 34
William Guymon 24
Elizabeth Ann Curry (Guymon) 23
Thomas Gordon 11
Sarah Wilson (Gordon) 4
Alexander Dudley 24
Winnifred Davis (Dudley) 28
Benjamin Davis 39
Edward Harrell 66
Johann Lorentz Kettering 3
? Stahley (Kettering) 2
Philip W. Gentzler 10
Juliana Wintermeyer 15
Benjamin Hardin 21
Catherine C (Hardin) ~about 12

8

Johannes Clements 66
James Seeley 16
Elizabeth Brown (Seeley) 15
Peleg Gifford 32
Abigail Shepherd (Gifford) 26
Judah Bowerman 28
Mary Dillingham (Bowerman) 23
James King 6
Elizabeth (King) 2
Isaac Davis 31
Charity Hall (Davis) 28
Nathan Abbott 9
Mary (Marcy, Mercy) Bannister (Abbott) 8
Samuel Snow 22
Deborah Tinkham [Finkham] (Snow) 23
Ebenezer Perkins 24
Experience Elizabeth Holmes (Perkins) ~about 21
Richard Hayes 42
John Killian 26
Elizabeth Zimmerman (Killian) 21
Benjamin Hockings 36
Rachel Chester (Hockings) 36
Thomas Coons 14
Anna Crandall (Coons) 6
Joseph Crandall 1
James [Jacob] Williamson 8
Mary Barber (Williamson) 2
Ichabod Perry 29
Ruth Fisher (Perry) 21
Jonathan Wolcott 41
Mary Jackson (Wolcott) 34
John Chadwick 34
Abigail Brewer (Chadwick) 32
David Brewer 19
Olive Allen (Brewer) 19
Sarah Searles (Howlett) 28
Jonathan Lewis 20
Persis Crosby (Lewis) 18
Morris Mattson 36
Mary Cloud (Mattson) 37
John McMinn 37
Isabella (McMinn) 34
Joseph Pierson [Pearson] 23
Mary (Pierson) 23
George Stern 6
Sarah West (Stern) 3
Elizabeth Flynn (Guymon) 1
Christen Hyldgaard Nielson 68
William Peck ~about 3
James Holmes ~about 3
Mary Wort (Holmes) ~about 3
Benjamin Shakespear ~about 5
Hannah Rushton (Shakespear) ~about 5
John Jones 20
Anne (Jones) 16
Achilles Durham 1
Benjamin Davis 20
Rebecca (Davis) 11
Henry Etters 9
Mary (Etters) 3
Philip Tevebaugh or Devenpaugh born

7

Benjamin Lowe 72
Alice Walker (Lowe) 56
Peter Clements 4
Justice Winchell 18
John Savage 13
William Savage ~about 1
Martha Gipson (Savage) ~about 1
Samuel Snow 1
Philemon Hayes 2
Aaron Mattson 6
Mary McMinn (Mattson) 13
Thomas Sorensen 52
Anne Jensen (Sorensen) 37
Palle Pallemon Fix 11
Maren Riiber [Riben] (Fix) 6
Jens Munk [Nielsen] 21
Margrethe Jacobsdatter (Munk) 18
Christen Larsen 20
Johanne Thomasdatter (Larsen) 29
Lars Nielsen 12
Karen Christensdatter (Nielsen) 6
Poul Andersen 15
Anne Thomasdatter (Andersen) 4
Erick Jensen 13
Jens Moretensen 4
Mary (Willson) 6

6

Joseph Lowe 14
Hannah Worth (Lowe) 17
John Stirland 9
Maren Nielsen (Thomasen) 4
Jorgen Christensen 15
Zise Marie Mikkelsdatter (Christensen) 3

General

Population: 827 Million*

• Entertainment: Writers include Robert Patlock, Tobias Smollett, French encyclopedia published, David Hume (morals), Voltaire
  Art includes Boucher "Toilet of Venus", Hogarth "Four Stages of Cruelty", Tiepolo paints ceiling of the Wurzburg Residenz
  Music includes Handel, Francesco Gemini "The Art of Playing on the Violin" book, Handel (oratorio), Minuet becomes Europe's fashionable dance, "War of the Operas" between pro-Italian and pro-French music lovers
• Science: Linnaeus writes book of botany
  Benjamin Franklin publishes about electricity
• Deaths: Architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Biologist Julien Offray de Lamettrie, Prince Frederick II of Sweden, William IV of Orange-Nassau, Prince of Wales Frederick, Julien Offray de La Mettrie dies of overeating – sensualist philosopher who taught about practical actions

Americas

• Canada: "Halifax Gazette" becomes first English newspaper in Canada

Asia

• India: English soldier Robert Clive takes Arcot in India ending French siege
• Tibet: China invades, establishing control over succession of Dalai Lama

Europe

• General: England joins Austro-Russian alliance of June 1746 against Prussia
• France: Ecole Superior de Guerra (academy of War) founded in Paris
  First French encyclopedia published
• German States: Lessing becomes literary critic in Berlin
  Gottlinger wissenschagtliche Akademie founded
  Prussian Minister of Justice Heinrich von Cocceji writes about Frederick's code
• Great Britain: British calendar altered by Act of Parliament – Jan 1 becomes New Year as opposed to March 25/April 1
  First mental asylums in London
  Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales - son George becomes heir to the throne
  Lancelot "Capability" Brown becomes landscape gardner to English nobility
• Holland: Death of William IV of Orange-Nassau (Holland) – widow Anne daughter of George II of England becomes regent
• Sweden: Death of Prince Frederick II – brother-in-law Adolphus Frederick rules
• Portugal: Powers of Portuguese Inquisition curtailed by government

General

• Science: Benjamin Franklin writes

East

• Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania (Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Academy) founded