The Shemwell Family

Jessie Locke1815

Name
Jessie Locke
Given names
Jessie
Surname
Locke
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
Death of a fatherMeverell Locke
May 5, 1764
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
Death of a motherElizabeth Edwards
October 23, 1784
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 1815

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father
Meverell Locke
Birth: between February 17, 1716 and 1717 36 36St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: May 5, 1764St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1738St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
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brother
sister
himself
brother
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Jessie Locke has 6 first cousins recorded

Father's family (6)

Parents William Shemwell + Priscilla Locke
2Joseph Shemwell17501823
3William Shemwell17551790
4Elisha Shemwell17561826
5Mary Shemwell17671811
6Priscilla Shemwell17671811

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