10

Samuel Gilbert 84
Lydia Barnes (Gilbert) 81
Anna Langworthy (Crandall) 85 died
Alexander Gordon 51
Jane Stewart (Gordon) 51
George Martin 43
Sarah (Martin) 41
Joseph Conrad Gentzler 64 died

9

Mary Wright (Gifford) 90
Daniel Shepherd 85
Nathan Davis 83
Elizabeth Phinney [Finney] (Davis) 83
Peter Abbott 72
Thomas Bannister 58
Mercy Wheeler (Bannister) 55
Jonathan Snow 70
Samuel Tinkham 86
Andreas Killian 71
Joseph C Crandall 56
John Ladd 39
Daniel Barber 54
Sarah Van Duersen (Sickels) 52
Benjamin Lewis 68
Elizabeth Jaquith (Lewis) 65
William West 56
Thomas Gordon 33
Sarah Wilson (Gordon) 26
John Martin 19
Sarah Simpson (Martin) 19
Alexander Dudley 46
Winnifred Davis (Dudley) 50
Johann Lorentz Kettering 25
Philip W. Gentzler 32

8

Johannes Clements 88
James Seeley 38
Elizabeth Brown (Seeley) 37
Peleg Gifford 54
Abigail Shepherd (Gifford) 48
Azor Nash 18
Rhoda (Nash) 18
William Shaw 19
Hannah Gardner (Shaw) 15
James King 28
Elizabeth (King) 24
Isaac Davis 53
Nathan Abbott 31
Mary (Marcy, Mercy) Bannister (Abbott) 30
Samuel Snow 44
Richard Hayes 64
John Killian 48
Elizabeth Zimmerman (Killian) 43
Thomas Coons 36
Anna Crandall (Coons) 28
Joseph Crandall 23
Mary Ladd (Crandall) 21
James [Jacob] Williamson 30
Mary Barber (Williamson) 24
Zachariah Sickels 20
Margit Van Aasdorph (Sickels) 16
Ichabod Perry 51
Ruth Fisher (Perry) 43
Jonathan Wolcott 63
David Brewer 41
Sarah Searles (Howlett) 50
Jonathan Lewis 42
Morris Mattson 58
John McMinn 59
Isabella (McMinn) 56
Joseph Pierson [Pearson] 45
Mary (Pierson) 45
George Stern 28
Sarah West (Stern) 25
Isaiah Curry Guymon 20
Elizabeth Flynn (Guymon) 23
John Gordon 19
John Dudley 5
Charity Davis (Dudley) 3
Achilles Durham 23
Mary Unica Cates (Durham) 18
Henry Etters 31
Philip Tevebaugh or Devenpaugh 22
Margaret Cansler or Gensler (Tevebaugh) 14

7

Peter Clements 26
Anna Seeley (Clements) 18
Annanias Owen 19
Lucy (Owen) 15
John Savage 35
Joseph Smith 8
Noah Gifford 14
Mary Bowerman (Gifford) 15
William [James] Braffett 1
Reuben Davis 9
Mary or Polly Abbott (Davis) 6
Samuel Snow 23
Betty Perkins (Snow) 17
John Smith 10
Mary (Smith) 6
James Walsh 8
Mary (Walsh) 4
Philemon Hayes 24
Philip Killian 7
M Hocking[s] (Killian) 3
Thomas Hopper 7
Rebecca (Hopper) 6
Thomas Coons 7
Abiel Perry 19
Miriam Walcott (Perry) 18
Isaac Chadwick Sr. 15
Dinah Brewer (Chadwick) 11
Sylvanus Hulet 15
Mary Lewis (Hulet) 10
Johan Mathias Noah 13
Elizabeth Schmidt (Noah) 5
Aaron Mattson 28
Mary McMinn (Mattson) 35
Isaac Pierson 6
Palle Pallemon Fix 33
Christen Larsen 42
Poul Andersen 37
Anne Thomasdatter (Andersen) 26
Erick Jensen 35
Kirsten Pedersdatter (Jensen) 19
Jens Moretensen 26
Maren Christensdatter (Moretensen) 14
William Peck 9
Sarah Holmes (Peck) ~about 5
George Peck ~about 5
Ann LaVes (Peck) 5
John Kinger 5
Mary (Kinger) 1
William Kinger ~about 2
Ann Carter (Kinger) ~about 2
John [Russon] Ruston 15
Elizabeth Whitford (Ruston) 1
Lott Davis 7
Hannah Shakespear (Davis) 7
William Round 1
Pheba Parsons (Round) 1
Richard Willson 9
Mary (Willson) 28
John Wilkie 5
Nancy (Wilkie) 1
Peter Green 18
Charles Alexander Durham born
Mary Patience Davis (Durham) 1
Henry Etters 5

6

Joseph Lowe 36
Hannah Worth (Lowe) 39
John Stirland 31
Mary (Stirland) 19
Justus Winchel 14
Eva Savage (Winchel) 3
George Matson 6
Jens Thomasen 18
Maren Nielsen (Thomasen) 26
Jorgen Christensen 37
Zise Marie Mikkelsdatter (Christensen) 25
Peter Engelbret Palleson Fix 3
Mette Jensdatter Munk (Fix) 6
Anders Christensen 10
Else Christensdatter (Christensen) 10
Christen Larsen 8
Karen Poulsdatter (Larsen) 5

5

Joseph Lowe 5
Peder Simonsen 12

General

Population: 887 Million*

• Entertainment: Writers include Goethe Faust, Oliver Goldsmith (comedy), Herder ("Sturm and Drang" manifesto), Phyllis Wheatley is first African American to publish a book, John Erskine (Scottish law)
  Art includes Sir Joshua Reynolds "The Graces Decorating Hymen"
  Music includes Mozart, Gottfried August Burger (German ballad), Klopstock finishes "Messiah", Charles Burney writes about music, Waltz becomes fashionable in Vienna
• Finance: Orloff diamond (Brahma's eye) sold to Prince Orloff 194.8 carats
• Religion: Pope Clement XIV dissolves Jesuit order
• Deaths: Ahmad Shah Durrani of Afghanistan, Mamluk Ali Bey, Flaautist Johann Joachim Quantz, Artist Hubert François Gravelot

Africa

• General: End of travels of James Bruce of Scotland
  Mamluk Ali Bey dies after being wounded in battle with rebels led by Abu'l-Dhahab

Americas

• Guatemala: Earthquake

Asia

• India: British East India Company Regulating Act - Indian governor-general position created

Europe

• Denmark: Denmark cedes duchy of Oldenburg to Russia
• France: End of Paris Musicians' Guild
• Great Britain: First cast-iron bridge built at Shropshire
  Richard Arkwright builds textile factory
• Holy Roman Empire: Joseph II expels Jesuits
• Russia: Emelian Pugachev leads uprising of Cossacks and peasants until 1775
• Sweden: Swedish national theater established in Stockholm

Middle East

• Afghanistan: Ahmad Shah Durrani dies
• Persia: Pestilence depopulates Bassora

Pacific

• Antarctica: Captain James Cook crosses Antarctic circle

General

• Finance: Tea Act lowers price for tea, but harms local merchants - Colonists boycott, Boston Tea Party
• Politics: Committees of Correspondence created to facilitate communication between colonies

East

• Massachusetts: Boston Tea Party in protest of Tea Act
• Pennsylvania: Philadelphia museum founded

South

• South Carolina: First black Baptist church founded
• Virginia: House of Burgesses appoints Provincial Committee of Correspondence