The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth AttawayAge: 48 years17681816

Name
Mary Elizabeth Attaway
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Attaway
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Bond
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Briscoe
Birth 1768

MarriageZachariah BondView this family
unknown

MarriageDr. John Hansen BriscoeView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 7 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 7 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 son
#1
Thomas Bond Briscoe
1786 (Age 18 years)
Death of a husbandDr. John Hansen Briscoe
September 7, 1796 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 25 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 35 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 childThomas Bond BriscoeEleanor Buchanan BriscoeView this family
November 28, 1814 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 44 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 June 5, 1816 (Age 48 years)
Family with Zachariah Bond - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
Family with Dr. John Hansen Briscoe - View this family
husband
Dr. John Hansen Briscoe
Birth: 1752St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: September 7, 1796St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
herself
Marriage:
son
Thomas Bond Briscoe
Birth: 1786 34 18Laureetum, Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: March 26, 1826Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

No family available

Note
Is his father the same John Briscoe as Eleanors father??? -- new wife??? half sister??