The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Jordan

Name
Elizabeth Jordan
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Jordan
Married name
Elizabeth Llewellyn
MarriageJohn LlewellynView this family
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Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Jane Llewellyn
October 14, 1750
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
Edmund Key
1771
Birth of a grandson
#2
John Llewellen Briscoe
between 1773 and 1775
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
#3
Jane Margaret Eden Briscoe
about 1784
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Eleanor Buchanan Briscoe
1785
Death of a husbandJohn Llewellyn
September 1785
Birth of a grandson
#5
William Henry Briscoe
before 1788
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
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
#7
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
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 daughterMary Jane Llewellyn
1816
Death of a grandsonWilliam Henry Briscoe
after 1822

Death of a grandsonJohn Llewellen Briscoe
after 1825

Deathunknown

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husband
John Llewellyn
Birth: 1716St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: September 1785St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
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Marriage:
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John Briscoe Research - Reno JOHN BRISCOE was born 1741 in St. Mary's Co., MD to James Briscoe & Ann Sothoron; and died May 29, 1822 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He married MARY JANE ELLEN LLEWELLEN Bet. 1773 - 1774 in St. Mary's Co., MD, daughter of JOHN LLEWELLEN and ELIZABETH JORDAN. She was born October 14, 1750 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died 1816 in St. Mary's Co., MD. (Reno) Reference: 1564