The Shemwell Family

David EdwardsAge: 89 years17301819

Name
David Edwards
Given names
David
Surname
Edwards
Birth about 1730

MarriageCatherine EdwardsView this family
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Birth of a son
#1
David Edwards Jr.
1758 (Age 28 years)
Address: Courtland Isle of Wight
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 24 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
#2
Lucretia Edwards
1765 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 45 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 45 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
Marriage of a childDavid Edwards Jr.Margaret WillisView this family
April 25, 1784 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childJosiah CobbLucretia EdwardsView this family
December 22, 1787 (Age 57 years)

Marriage of a childLazarus Cobb Jr.Chasity EdwardsView this family
June 23, 1789 (Age 59 years)
Marriage of a childDavid Edwards Jr.Alicey JohnsonView this family
1797 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 63 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
#1
Gideon Edwards
1801 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Hugh H Edwards
July 19, 1802 (Age 72 years)
Death of a daughterLucretia Edwards
1803 (Age 73 years)

Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 73 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
#3
John Edwards
1808 (Age 78 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Alice Edwards
about 1812 (Age 82 years)

Birth of a grandson
#5
John Jackson Edwards
about 1812 (Age 82 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Polly Edwards
about 1813 (Age 83 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Patsey Edwards
about 1814 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 82 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 grandsonNewtt Edwards
1815 (Age 85 years)
Death of a granddaughterAlice Edwards
about 1815 (Age 85 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Nancy Edwards
about 1819 (Age 89 years)

Death September 26, 1819 (Age 89 years)
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Edwin Edwards
Death: September 16, 1820Nash, North Carolina, United States
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