The Shemwell Family

Anna Leticia JenningsAge: 69 years17601830

Name
Anna Leticia Jennings
Given names
Anna Leticia
Surname
Jennings
Married name
Anna Leticia Needham
Birth December 16, 1760

Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 14 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
MarriageJohn Needham IIView this family
January 4, 1780 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 14 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Birth of a son
#1
John Needham III
1791 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 32 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 42 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 51 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Marriage of a childJohn Needham IIINancy ChandlerView this family
June 8, 1829 (Age 68 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Needham II
1830 (on the date of death)
Death about 1830 (Age 69 years)
Family with John Needham II - View this family
husband
John Needham II
Birth: July 3, 1745 37 29Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
Death: 1830Grainger, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage: January 4, 1780Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
12 years
son
John Needham III
Birth: 1791 45 30Pasquotank, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 27, 1851Grainger, Tennessee, United States

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