The Shemwell Family

Martha Weaks

Name
Martha Weaks
Given names
Martha
Surname
Weaks
Married name
Martha Holland
MarriageJohn HollandView this family
between January 16, 1734 and January 16, 1735
Birth of a son
#1
Hezikiah Holland
June 14, 1742

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
Marriage of a childHezikiah HollandMary WalkerView this family
February 20, 1765
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sally Holland
September 8, 1765
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Rachel Holland
August 3, 1767
Birth of a grandson
#3
Hezikiah Holland
about 1771

Birth of a grandson
#4
Michael Holland
about 1773
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776

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 granddaughter
#5
Catherine Holland
about 1776

Birth of a grandson
#6
Major Holland
December 4, 1777

Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Dorothy Dolly Holland
about 1778

Birth of a grandson
#8
Richard Holland
November 17, 1782

Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783

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
#9
Shandy Walker Holland
about 1786

Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Margaret Holland
about 1788

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798
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

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

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 granddaughterMargaret Holland
before 1816

Deathunknown

Family with John Holland - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: between January 16, 1734 and January 16, 1735Goochland, Virginia, United States
8 years
son