10

Samuel Gilbert 89 died
Lydia Barnes (Gilbert) 86 died
Alexander Gordon 56
Jane Stewart (Gordon) 56

9

Mary Wright (Gifford) 95
Nathan Davis 88
Elizabeth Phinney [Finney] (Davis) 88
Peter Abbott 77
Thomas Bannister 63
Mercy Wheeler (Bannister) 60
Jonathan Snow 75
Andreas Killian 76
Joseph C Crandall 61
John Ladd 44
Sarah Van Duersen (Sickels) 57
William West 61 died
Thomas Gordon 38
Sarah Wilson (Gordon) 31
John Martin 24
Johann Lorentz Kettering 30
Philip W. Gentzler 37

8

Johannes Clements 93
James Seeley 43
Elizabeth Brown (Seeley) 42
Peleg Gifford 59
Abigail Shepherd (Gifford) 53
Azor Nash 23
Rhoda (Nash) 23
William Shaw 24
Hannah Gardner (Shaw) 20
James King 33
Elizabeth (King) 29
Isaac Davis 58
Nathan Abbott 36
Mary (Marcy, Mercy) Bannister (Abbott) 35
Samuel Snow 49
Richard Hayes 69
John Killian 53
Elizabeth Zimmerman (Killian) 48
Thomas Coons 41
Anna Crandall (Coons) 33
Joseph Crandall 28
Mary Ladd (Crandall) 26
James [Jacob] Williamson 35
Mary Barber (Williamson) 29
Zachariah Sickels 25
Margit Van Aasdorph (Sickels) 21
Ichabod Perry 56
Ruth Fisher (Perry) 48
Jonathan Wolcott 68
David Brewer 46
Sarah Searles (Howlett) 55
John McMinn 64
Isabella (McMinn) 61
Joseph Pierson [Pearson] 50
Mary (Pierson) 50
George Stern 33
Sarah West (Stern) 30
Isaiah Curry Guymon 25
Elizabeth Flynn (Guymon) 28
John Gordon 24
Barzilla Martin (Gordon) 4
John Dudley 10
Charity Davis (Dudley) 8
Achilles Durham 28
Mary Unica Cates (Durham) 23
Henry Etters 36
Philip Tevebaugh or Devenpaugh 27
Margaret Cansler or Gensler (Tevebaugh) 19

7

Peter Clements 31
Anna Seeley (Clements) 23
Annanias Owen 24
Lucy (Owen) 20
John Savage 40
Joseph Smith 13
Noah Gifford 19
Mary Bowerman (Gifford) 20
Lucy Shaw (Nash) 4
William [James] Braffett 6
Reuben Davis 14
Mary or Polly Abbott (Davis) 11
Samuel Snow 28
Betty Perkins (Snow) 22
John Smith 15
Mary (Smith) 11
James Walsh 13
Mary (Walsh) 9
Philemon Hayes 29
Philip Killian 12
M Hocking[s] (Killian) 8
Thomas Hopper 12
Rebecca (Hopper) 11
Thomas Coons 12
Elizabeth Crandall (Coons) born
Abiel Perry 24
Miriam Walcott (Perry) 23
Isaac Chadwick Sr. 20
Dinah Brewer (Chadwick) 16
Sylvanus Hulet 20
Mary Lewis (Hulet) 15
Johan Mathias Noah 18
Elizabeth Schmidt (Noah) 10
Aaron Mattson 33
Mary McMinn (Mattson) 40
Isaac Pierson 11
Rachel Stern (Pierson) 4
Palle Pallemon Fix 38
Christen Larsen 47
Poul Andersen 42
Anne Thomasdatter (Andersen) 31
Erick Jensen 40
Jens Moretensen 31
Maren Christensdatter (Moretensen) 19
William Peck 14
Sarah Holmes (Peck) ~about 10
George Peck ~about 10
Ann LaVes (Peck) 10
John Kinger 10
Mary (Kinger) 6
William Kinger ~about 7
Ann Carter (Kinger) ~about 7
John [Russon] Ruston 20
Elizabeth Whitford (Ruston) 6
Lott Davis 12
Hannah Shakespear (Davis) 12
William Round 6
Pheba Parsons (Round) 6
Richard Willson 14
John Wilkie 10
Nancy (Wilkie) 6
Peter Green 23
Charles Alexander Durham 5
Mary Patience Davis (Durham) 6
Henry Etters 10

6

Joseph Lowe 41
Hannah Worth (Lowe) 44
John Stirland 36
Mary (Stirland) 24
Justus Winchel 19
Eva Savage (Winchel) 8
George Matson 11
Jens Thomasen 23
Maren Nielsen (Thomasen) 31
Jorgen Christensen 42
Zise Marie Mikkelsdatter (Christensen) 30
Peter Engelbret Palleson Fix 8
Mette Jensdatter Munk (Fix) 11
Anders Christensen 15
Else Christensdatter (Christensen) 15
Christen Larsen 13
Karen Poulsdatter (Larsen) 10
Niels Eriksen 4
John Wilson 4

5

Joseph Lowe 10
Peder Simonsen 17
Thomas Jensen 2

General

Population: 932 Million*

• Entertainment: Writers include Fanny Burney, Voltaire, GLL Buffon, JA Deluc (morals)
  Music includes Herder publishes collection of folk songs, Beethoven (age 8) presented by father as six-year-old prodigy, Mozart (ballet)
• Fashion: Start of trousers replacing breeches
  Parisian women wear lightning rods in their hats
• Technology: Smeaton experiments with improved diving bell
  Joseph Bramah constructs improved water closet
• Deaths: Voltaire, Carl von Linne (Carolus Linnaeus), Composer Thomas Augustine Arne, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Earl of Chatham William Pitt the Elder, Sculptor Giambattista Piranesi,

Americas

• Canada: Lafayette leads raid
  Captain Cook explores Vancouver Island

Asia

• India: Warren Hastings takes Chandernagore Bengal

Europe

• General: War of Bavarian Succession to 1779 between Prussia and Austria
• France: Franz Mesmer practices medical mesmerism in Paris
  Alliance with US negotiated by Benjamin Franklin
  Voltaire returns from exile and dies
• Great Britain: War with the United States
  Typhus spreads through British Navy
• Holy Roman Empire: Austria claims part of Bavaria - bows to Frederick of Prussia's threat
• Italian States: La Scala in Milan opened
• Spain: Dengue fever outbreak

Pacific

• Hawaii: James Cook discovers Hawaii

President:

Pres: (Continental Congress) Henry Laurens
Pres: (Continental Congress) John Jay

General

• Abolition: Act of Congress prohibits import of slaves into US
• Finance: France becomes American trading partner (Treaty of Alliance)
• Natives: Indian massacres at Wyoming PA and Cherry Valley NY
  Treaty between US and Delaware tribe
• Politics: Franklin negotiates alliance with France
• Revolution: American colonies sign treaties with France and Holland
  Americans reject British peace offer
  Revolutionary War transfers to South

East

• Delaware: French fleet arrives off DE joining war
• New Jersey: Washington defeats British at Monmouth
• New York: Indian massacre at Cherry Valley NY
• Pennsylvania: Indian massacre at Wyoming - Battle of Wyoming (Valley PA) as conflict between rebel defenders of Forty Fort and Iroquois and Loyalists
• Rhode Island: Battle of Rhode Island

South

• Georgia: British conquer Savannah
• Virginia: Slave trade banned

West and Pacific

• General: James Cook charts Pacific coast