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Her father, John Harvey, was born in Cornwall in 1771 to John (1736–1778) and Margaret Ann Harvey (née Parker) (1736–1790). He was involved in merchant shipping and privateering , earning a great amount of wealth over the years, and married Elizabeth Harvey ( née Guille) when they were both 19.
Record of a visitation undertaken by Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms, in 1607, showing the arms of Lord Deputy Chichester on the right. Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (May 1563 – 19 February 1625), known between 1596 and 1613 as Sir Arthur Chichester, of Carrickfergus [1] in Ireland, was an English administrator and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1605 to 1616.
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).
Last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy Thomas Aikenhead ( bapt. 28 March 1676 – 8 January 1697) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] was a Scottish student from Edinburgh , who was prosecuted and executed at the age of 20, on a charge of blasphemy under the Blasphemy Act 1661 and Blasphemy Act 1695 .
The last person to be hanged in Boston for witchcraft Goody Ann Glover (died November 16, 1688) was an Irish former indentured servant and the last person to be hanged in Boston as a witch , although the Salem witch trials in nearby Salem, Massachusetts , occurred mainly in 1692.
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 ...
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, c. 1667 – 9 April 1747 [a] was a Scottish landowner and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat.Convicted of high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was the last man in Britain to be executed by beheading.