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Salome Sellers – (1800–1909) last surviving person from the 18th century; Nabi Tajima (1900–2018), the last known surviving person born in the 19th century. Colm de Bhailís (1796–1906), Irish poet who also lived from the 18th to 20th centuries. Gallery of supercentenarians born before 1850 Gerontology Research Group (GRG), published 5 ...
Grace White Sherwood (1660–1740), called the Witch of Pungo, is the last person known to have been convicted of witchcraft in Virginia. A farmer, healer, and midwife, she was accused by her neighbors of transforming herself into a cat, damaging crops, and causing the death of livestock. She was charged with witchcraft several times.
Samuel Rutherford was born in the parish of Nisbet (now part of Crailing), [4] Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders, about 1600. Nothing certain is known as to his parentage, but he belonged to the same line as the Roxburghs of Hunthill (from whom Sir Walter Scott was descended) [ 5 ] and his father is believed to have been a farmer or miller.
People born in the 1600s decade. See also: Category:1600s deaths. 1550s; 1560s; 1570s; 1580s; 1590s; ... This page was last edited on 20 December 2021, at 20:27 (UTC).
Mary Dyer (born Marie Barrett; c. 1611 – 1 June 1660) was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony due to their theological expansion of the Puritan concept of a church of individuals regenerated by the Holy Spirit to the idea of the indwelling of the Spirit ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
William Tucker was born near Jamestown of the Colony of Virginia c. 1624, [4] and appears on the Virginia Muster of 1624/5, the first comprehensive census made in North America. [5] His parents were Isabell and Anthony, African indentured servants. [2] [4] When he was born, there were 22 Africans in the colony, most of whom arrived in 1619. [2]
Like most oldest siblings, I was the guinea pig. Through rearing me, wisdom was acquired, lessons were learned and certain models of thought (i.e. anxious hovering) were abandoned with haste.