The Shemwell Family

Mary DrakeAge: 93 years17371830

Name
Mary Drake
Given names
Mary
Surname
Drake
Married name
Mary Reed
Birth November 17, 1737

MarriageJohn ReedView this family
unknown

Birth of a son
#1
Moses Reed
1761 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Sarah Reed
1762 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 16 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 son
#3
David Reed
December 20, 1770 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 37 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
Birth of a son
#4
John Reed
1777 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a son
#5
Noah Reed
October 16, 1781 (Age 43 years)

Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 37 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Reed
before 1791 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Sallie “Sary” Reed
March 4, 1791 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Cathy Reed
after 1791 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Elizabeth Reed
after 1792 (Age 54 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Mary “Polly” Reed
after 1793 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Mattie “Mollie” Reed
after 1794 (Age 56 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Mary “Polly” Reed
May 4, 1798 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 55 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 65 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
#8
Noah Reed
February 16, 1804 (Age 66 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Reed
1809 (Age 71 years)
Death of a sonMoses Reed
1810 (Age 72 years)

Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 74 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 sonNoah Reed
December 28, 1824 (Age 87 years)

Death December 4, 1830 (Age 93 years)
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