The Shemwell Family

John Hanson BriscoeAge: 81 years17411822

Name
John Hanson Briscoe
Given names
John Hanson
Surname
Briscoe
Birth 1741 48
MarriageMary Jane LlewellynView this family

Birth of a brotherNathan Briscoe
before 1750 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherCapt. James Briscoe
1752 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 13 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
#1
John Llewellen Briscoe
between 1773 and 1775 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterMary Briscoe
after 1774 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 34 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 34 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 daughter
#2
Jane Margaret Eden Briscoe
about 1784 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Eleanor Buchanan Briscoe
1785 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a son
#4
William Henry Briscoe
before 1788 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Caroline Briscoe
February 28, 1788 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 52 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 son
#6
Dr. Charles Llewellyn Briscoe
about 1799 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 62 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 childPeter A CarnesJane Margaret Eden BriscoeView this family
January 5, 1807 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherNathan Briscoe
1808 (Age 67 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Henry BriscoeRebecca White BarberView this family
November 24, 1814 (Age 73 years)
Marriage of a childThomas Bond BriscoeEleanor Buchanan BriscoeView this family
November 28, 1814 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 71 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 wifeMary Jane Llewellyn
1816 (Age 75 years)
Death May 29, 1822 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Christ Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1723
3 years
elder brother
1 year
elder sister
17 years
himself
10 years
younger brother
Nathan Briscoe
Birth: before 1750 57St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: 1808Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Family with Mary Jane Llewellyn - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
son
John Llewellen Briscoe
Birth: between 1773 and 1775 32 22St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: after 1825
12 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
Eleanor Buchanan Briscoe
Birth: 1785 44 34St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: February 1870St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
3 years
daughter
Caroline Briscoe
Birth: February 28, 1788 47 37St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: June 28, 1862Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
10 months
son
12 years
son
Dr. Charles Llewellyn Briscoe
Birth: about 1799 58 48Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: about 1880Allens Fresh, Charles, Maryland, United States
Dent + Mary Jane Llewellyn - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage:
Thomas Key + Mary Jane Llewellyn - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage:
step-son

John Hanson Briscoe has 8 first cousins recorded