The Shemwell Family

Anne ButlerAge: 78 years17391817

Name
Anne Butler
Given names
Anne
Surname
Butler
Married name
Anne Beisly
Birth 1739
MarriageBenjamin BeislyView this family
January 22, 1761 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 15 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha Beisly
October 29, 1769 (Age 30 years)
Note: Christening Date
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 54 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Death of a husbandBenjamin Beisly
October 1803 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 64 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
Marriage of a childWilliam SmithMartha BeislyView this family
November 4, 1804 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
William Smith
about 1806 (Age 67 years)
Death of a daughterMartha Beisly
July 1, 1812 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 73 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
Will December 21, 1816 (Age 77 years)

Death October 1817 (Age 78 years)
Identification number
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Type: FamilySearch

Family with Benjamin Beisly - View this family
husband
Benjamin Beisly
Birth: about 1732Warborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: October 1803Warborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
herself
Anne Butler
Birth: 1739Warborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: October 1817Warborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage: January 22, 1761Warborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
9 years
daughter
Martha Beisly
Birth: October 29, 1769 37 30Warborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: July 1, 1812Warborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom