10

Alexander Gordon 57
Jane Stewart (Gordon) 57

9

Mary Wright (Gifford) 96
Nathan Davis 89
Elizabeth Phinney [Finney] (Davis) 89
Peter Abbott 78
Thomas Bannister 64
Mercy Wheeler (Bannister) 61
Jonathan Snow 76
Andreas Killian 77
Joseph C Crandall 62
John Ladd 45
Sarah Van Duersen (Sickels) 58
Thomas Gordon 39
Sarah Wilson (Gordon) 32
John Martin 25
Johann Lorentz Kettering 31
Philip W. Gentzler 38

8

Johannes Clements 94
James Seeley 44
Elizabeth Brown (Seeley) 43
Peleg Gifford 60
Abigail Shepherd (Gifford) 54
Azor Nash 24
Rhoda (Nash) 24
William Shaw 25
Hannah Gardner (Shaw) 21
James King 34
Elizabeth (King) 30
Isaac Davis 59
Nathan Abbott 37
Mary (Marcy, Mercy) Bannister (Abbott) 36
Samuel Snow 50
Richard Hayes 70
John Killian 54
Elizabeth Zimmerman (Killian) 49
Thomas Coons 42
Anna Crandall (Coons) 34
Joseph Crandall 29
Mary Ladd (Crandall) 27
James [Jacob] Williamson 36
Mary Barber (Williamson) 30
Zachariah Sickels 26
Margit Van Aasdorph (Sickels) 22
Ichabod Perry 57
Ruth Fisher (Perry) 49
Jonathan Wolcott 69
David Brewer 47
Sarah Searles (Howlett) 56
John McMinn 65
Isabella (McMinn) 62
Joseph Pierson [Pearson] 51
Mary (Pierson) 51
George Stern 34
Sarah West (Stern) 31
Isaiah Curry Guymon 26
Elizabeth Flynn (Guymon) 29
John Gordon 25
Barzilla Martin (Gordon) 5
John Dudley 11
Charity Davis (Dudley) 9
Achilles Durham 29
Mary Unica Cates (Durham) 24 died
Henry Etters 37
Philip Tevebaugh or Devenpaugh 28
Margaret Cansler or Gensler (Tevebaugh) 20

7

Peter Clements 32
Anna Seeley (Clements) 24
Annanias Owen 25
Lucy (Owen) 21
John Savage 41
Joseph Smith 14
Noah Gifford 20
Mary Bowerman (Gifford) 21
Lucy Shaw (Nash) 5
William [James] Braffett 7
Reuben Davis 15
Mary or Polly Abbott (Davis) 12
Samuel Snow 29
Betty Perkins (Snow) 23
John Smith 16
Mary (Smith) 12
James Walsh 14
Mary (Walsh) 10
Philemon Hayes 30
Philip Killian 13
M Hocking[s] (Killian) 9
Thomas Hopper 13
Rebecca (Hopper) 12
Thomas Coons 13
Elizabeth Crandall (Coons) 1
Abiel Perry 25
Miriam Walcott (Perry) 24
Isaac Chadwick Sr. 21
Dinah Brewer (Chadwick) 17
Sylvanus Hulet 21
Mary Lewis (Hulet) 16
Johan Mathias Noah 19
Elizabeth Schmidt (Noah) 11
Aaron Mattson 34
Mary McMinn (Mattson) 41
Isaac Pierson 12
Rachel Stern (Pierson) 5
Palle Pallemon Fix 39
Christen Larsen 48
Poul Andersen 43
Anne Thomasdatter (Andersen) 32
Erick Jensen 41
Jens Moretensen 32 died after this time
Maren Christensdatter (Moretensen) 20 died after this time
William Peck 15
Sarah Holmes (Peck) ~about 11
George Peck ~about 11
Ann LaVes (Peck) 11
John Kinger 11
Mary (Kinger) 7
William Kinger ~about 8
Ann Carter (Kinger) ~about 8
John [Russon] Ruston 21
Elizabeth Whitford (Ruston) 7
Lott Davis 13
Hannah Shakespear (Davis) 13
William Round 7
Pheba Parsons (Round) 7
Richard Willson 15
John Wilkie 11
Nancy (Wilkie) 7
Peter Green 24
Charles Alexander Durham 6
Mary Patience Davis (Durham) 7
Henry Etters 11

6

Joseph Lowe 42
Hannah Worth (Lowe) 45
John Stirland 37
Mary (Stirland) 25
Justus Winchel 20
Eva Savage (Winchel) 9
George Matson 12
Jens Thomasen 24
Maren Nielsen (Thomasen) 32
Jorgen Christensen 43
Zise Marie Mikkelsdatter (Christensen) 31
Peter Engelbret Palleson Fix 9
Mette Jensdatter Munk (Fix) 12
Anders Christensen 16
Else Christensdatter (Christensen) 16
Christen Larsen 14
Karen Poulsdatter (Larsen) 11
Niels Eriksen 5
Anne Jensdatter (Eriksen) born
John Wilson 5

5

Joseph Lowe 11
Peder Simonsen 18
Thomas Jensen 3

General

Population: 941 Million*

• Entertainment: Writers include Samuel Johnson (poets), Lessing (drama), Sheridan (farce), Wieland (poem), David Hume (natural religion)
  Art includes Caonva "Daedalus and Icarus", James Gillray (cartoons), Houdon "Moliere" sculpture,
  Music includes JC Bach, Gluck
  James Rennel creates "Bengal Atlas"
• Science: Spallanzani proves semen necessary for fertilization
• Sports: First running of The Oaks (horse racing)
• Deaths: Karim Khan of Persia, Explorer James Cook, Artist Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin, Composer William Boyce, Actor David Garrick, Artist Anton Raphael Mengs, Cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale

Africa

• South Africa: Dutch farmers (Boers) in Cape Colony clash with organized Xhosa resistance to 1793
  Suurveld Wars
• West Africa: British attack French Senegal and gain Goree

Americas

• Caribbean: French forces take St. Vincent and Grenada in W Indies

Asia

• India: British war against Mahrattas
• Japan: Eruption of Sakurajima

Europe

• General: Spain declares war on Britain – Siege of Gibraltar - Spanish has French help
• France: First "velocipedes" appear in Paris
• German States: Peace of Teschen ends War of Bavarian Succession
• Great Britain: first children's clinic in London
  The Derby established at Epsom racetrack in Surrey – first winner "Diomed"
  First cast-iron bridge at Coalbrookdale
• Italian States: Pope Pius VI begins draining Pontine Marshes
  Mt. Vesuvius erupts

Middle East

• Persia: Karim Khan, dictator of S Persia dies

Pacific

• Hawaii: Captain James Cook beaten to death by islanders

President:

Pres: (Continental Congress) John Jay
Pres: (Continental Congress) Samuel Huntington

General

• Natives: US Congress dispatches force into Wyoming Valley PA against Indians
• Revolution: Victory by John Paul Jones

East

• Pennsylvania: Delaware River freezes in Philadelphia, PA and remains frozen until March, marking "Hard Winter of 1779-80"
  US Congress dispatches force into Wyoming Valley PA against Indians

Midwest

• Illinois: Black Canadian pioneer Jean-Baptist-Point du Sable establishes trading post – later Chicago
• Indiana: American George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes and establishes US control of Midwest

South

• Florida: Spain declares war on Britain and retakes Florida