The Shemwell Family

Mary WalkerAge: 77 years17441821

Name
Mary Walker
Given names
Mary
Surname
Walker
Married name
Mary Holland
Birth about 1744
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 10 years)

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
MarriageHezikiah HollandView this family
February 20, 1765 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sally Holland
September 8, 1765 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Rachel Holland
August 3, 1767 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Hezikiah Holland
about 1771 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Michael Holland
about 1773 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 31 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
Birth of a daughter
#5
Catherine Holland
about 1776 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Major Holland
December 4, 1777 (Age 33 years)

Birth of a daughter
#7
Dorothy Dolly Holland
about 1778 (Age 34 years)

Birth of a son
#8
Richard Holland
November 17, 1782 (Age 38 years)

Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 31 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
#9
Shandy Walker Holland
about 1786 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a daughter
#10
Margaret Holland
about 1788 (Age 44 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Elizabeth “Betsy” Holland
about 1792 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Polly Holland
about 1793 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Hezikiah Holland
November 29, 1794 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childMichael HollandAgatha “Aggie” WardView this family
May 4, 1795 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Thomas Holland
January 24, 1797 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 49 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Birth of a grandson
#5
John Holland
February 4, 1799 (Age 55 years)

Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 59 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
Birth of a grandson
#6
Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland
June 4, 1804 (Age 60 years)
Note: or 1806 Virginia
Birth of a grandson
#7
Michael Holland
about 1809 (Age 65 years)

Marriage of a childMichael HollandAnna Margaret ShemwellView this family
October 2, 1811 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 68 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
Death of a daughterMargaret Holland
before 1816 (Age 72 years)

Death June 8, 1821 (Age 77 years)
Family with Hezikiah Holland - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 20, 1765Goochland, Virginia, United States
7 months
daughter
Sally Holland
Birth: September 8, 1765 23 21Goochland, Virginia, United States
Death:
23 months
daughter
Rachel Holland
Birth: August 3, 1767 25 23Goochland, Virginia, United States
Death:
4 years
son
3 years
son
4 years
daughter
23 months
son
13 months
daughter
5 years
son
4 years
son
3 years
daughter

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