The Shemwell Family

Martha Abney1704

Name
Martha Abney
Given names
Martha
Surname
Abney
Married name
Martha Spraggins
Birth about 1704 45

MarriageWilliam SpragginsView this family
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Birth of a brotherAbner Abney
about 1706 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterMary Abney
about 1710 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a brotherAbraham Abney
about 1714 (Age 10 years)
Death of a fatherDannett Abney
1731 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 50 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 71 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
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The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 71 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
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Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 89 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 99 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
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War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 108 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
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