The Shemwell Family

Ann Sothoron

Name
Ann Sothoron
Given names
Ann
Surname
Sothoron
Married name
Ann Briscoe
MarriageCapt. James BriscoeView this family
about 1723

Birth of a son
#1
James Sothoron Briscoe
about 1725
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Briscoe
about 1725
Birth of a son
#3
John Hanson Briscoe
1741
Birth of a son
#4
Nathan Briscoe
before 1750
Death of a husbandCapt. James Briscoe
1752
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
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Llewellen Briscoe
between 1773 and 1775
Death of a daughterMary Briscoe
after 1774

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
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 granddaughter
#2
Jane Margaret Eden Briscoe
about 1784
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Eleanor Buchanan Briscoe
1785
Birth of a grandson
#4
William Henry Briscoe
before 1788
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Caroline Briscoe
February 28, 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
Birth of a grandson
#6
Dr. Charles Llewellyn Briscoe
about 1799
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
Death of a sonNathan Briscoe
1808
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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage:
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Family with Capt. James Briscoe - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1723
3 years
son
1 year
daughter
17 years
son
10 years
son
Nathan Briscoe
Birth: before 1750 57St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: 1808Rutherford, North Carolina, United States