The Shemwell Family

Pvt William Greene IIIAge: 72 years17431815

Name
Pvt William Greene III
Name prefix
Pvt
Given names
William
Surname
Greene
Name suffix
III
Birth 1743 41 37

Death of a paternal grandmotherJoanna Burroughs Reeder
about 1762 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 11 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
Death of a motherMary Armitage
about 1770 (Age 27 years)
Death of a brotherRev Enoch Greene
December 3, 1776 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 32 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 32 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Green II
March 12, 1786 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 50 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 60 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 69 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 October 30, 1815 (Age 72 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
William Green II
Birth: about 1702 30 35Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Death: March 12, 1786Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
mother
Mary Armitage
Birth: about 1706Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Death: about 1770Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Marriage:
elder brother
9 years
himself

Pvt William Greene III has 9 first cousins recorded

Father's family (9)

Parents Jeremiah Green Sr. + Joanna Hunt
1Richard Green17401794
2Isaac Green17441789
3Stephen Green17441801
4Mary Green17451833
5Hannah Green17461811
6Johanna Green17511840
7Sarah Green17521813
8Jeremiah Green II17551839
9Private John Green17571826

Mother's family (0)