The Shemwell Family

Nancy PondAge: 72 years17611833

Name
Nancy Pond
Given names
Nancy
Surname
Pond
Married name
Nancy McGehee
Birth about 1761
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763

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 14 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 14 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
MarriageRobert McGeheeView this family
November 30, 1793 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 32 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 husbandRobert McGehee
about 1800 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 42 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 51 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
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 71 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Death about 1833 (Age 72 years)
Family with Robert McGehee - View this family
husband
Robert McGehee
Birth: about 1760 35 32Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Death: about 1800Albemarle, Virginia, United States
herself
Nancy Pond
Birth: about 1761Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Death: about 1833Franklin, Virginia, United States
Marriage: November 30, 1793Southampton, Virginia, United States

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