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JOHN SEARLS Jr.
1732 NY to 1810 NY
John originally spelled his surname "SARLS". This is confirmed by the name of the Sarls Homestead Cemetery in which John and his family are buried. However, in the Searls Family Bible, which dates back to 1762, the spelling of the surname was later changed from SARLS to SARLES. This Searls Family Bible is now in the possession of JoAnne Carras of Hannacroix (Greene) New York.
son of JOHN SEARLS Sr. and MARY ELIZABETH PACKER
JOHN SEARLS Jr.
1732 NY to 1810 NY
John originally spelled his surname "SARLS". This is confirmed by the name of the Sarls Homestead Cemetery in which John and his family are buried. However, in the Searls Family Bible, which dates back to 1762, the spelling of the surname was later changed from SARLS to SARLES. This Searls Family Bible is now in the possession of JoAnne Carras of Hannacroix (Greene) New York.
son of JOHN SEARLS Sr. and MARY ELIZABETH PACKER
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#Marriages.....1 #Divorces......0 #Sources.......24 #Events........1 #Images:.......11 #Comments......3 #Siblings......3 #Children......12 |
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Title(s)....... Ancestor.......double ancestor RelatedToMe.... Gen-#..........08 Ahn-#.......... Religion....... PoliticParty... Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair. Burial.........Sarls Homestead Cemetery |
Parents and Siblings
- Parent: JOHN SEARLS Sr., male, born:1711-04-11 London, Middlesex county, England, died:1770 (58y 8m 21d) ?Chappaquiddick, Westchester county, New York, Anc:2, Dad:ROBERT SEARLS, Mom:MARY\MATILDA QUARTERMAIN, #M:1, #Cmnts:1
- Parent: MARY ELIZABETH PACKER, female, born:1709 Biddestone, Wiltshire county, England, died:1732-1799 (23y 0m 0d) ?Westchester county, New York, Anc:2, #M:1, #Cmnts:1
- Sibling: Adam SEARLS, male, born:1734 ?Westchester county, New York, died:1734-1824 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:JOHN SEARLS Sr., Mom:MARY ELIZABETH PACKER
- Sibling: Caleb SEARLS, male, born:1736 ?Westchester county, New York, died:1736-1826 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:JOHN SEARLS Sr., Mom:MARY ELIZABETH PACKER
- Sibling: Robert SEARLS, male, born:1740 ?Westchester county, New York, died:1740-1830 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:JOHN SEARLS Sr., Mom:MARY ELIZABETH PACKER
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1754-06-07 Westchester county, New York
- Spouse: HANNAH IRELAND, female, born:1735-05-08 North Castle, Westchester county, New York, died:1821-12-20 (86y 7m 12d) New Baltimore, Greene county, New York, Anc:2, Dad:ADAM IRELAND, Mom:MARTHA FOWLER, #Cmnts:1
- ..Child: Mary SEARLS, female, born:1755-02-08 Westchester county, New York, died:1848-05 (93y 2m 23d) ?New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
- ..Child: Sarah SEARLS, female, born:1756-10-25 Westchester county, New York, died:1850-07-19 (93y 8m 24d) ?New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
- ..Child: Isaiah SEARLS, male, born:1759-04-07 Westchester county, New York, died:1844-12-18 (85y 8m 11d) Royalton, Fairfield county, Ohio, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
- ..Child: Adam SEARLS, male, born:1761-05-02 Westchester county, New York, died:1827-12-14 (66y 7m 12d) ?Greene county, New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
- ..Child: CHARITY SEARLS, female, born:1763-07-10 Westchester county, New York, died:1841-09-29 (78y 2m 19d) New Baltimore, Greene county, New York, Anc:1, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND, #Cmnts:1
- ..Child: Rhoda SEARLS, female, born:1765-02-26 Westchester county, New York, died:1851-12-31 (86y 10m 5d) ?New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
- ..Child: Hannah SEARLS, female, born:1767-09-04 Westchester county, New York, died:1856-12 (89y 2m 27d) ?New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
- ..Child: John SEARLS, male, born:1769-04-28 Westchester county, New York, died:1843-07-21 (74y 2m 23d) ?New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
- ..Child: Caleb SEARLS, male, born:1771-07-04 Westchester county, New York, died:1856-10-23 (85y 3m 19d) ?Greene county, New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND, #Cmnts:1
- ..Child: Phebe SEARLS, female, born:1773-04-07 Westchester county, New York, died:1826-11-15 (53y 7m 8d) ?New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
- ..Child: DANIEL SEARLS, male, born:1775-05-06 Westchester county, New York, died:1854-07-28 (79y 2m 22d) Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Anc:1, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND, #Cmnts:3
- ..Child: Isaac SEARLS, male, born:1777-03-20 Westchester county, New York, died:1865 (87y 9m 12d) ?New York, Dad:JOHN SEARLS Jr., Mom:HANNAH IRELAND
Events
Baptism: 1711-05-07y11m26d, St. Dionis Backchurch, Role:baptized, The church where John was baptised was in the Longbourn ward of London The church where John was baptised was in the Longbourn ward of London
Birth: 1732-05-11y0m0d, John was born in either Mount Pleasant, Westchester county, NY or New Baltimore, Greene county, NY. John was born in either Mount Pleasant, Westchester county, NY or New Baltimore, Greene county, NY.
Married: 1754-06-07, Age:22y0m27d, Role:groom
Pos-held: 1760-04-01, Age:27y10m21d, Role:held, elected town "Sessor elected town "Sessor
Pos-held: 1763 , Age:30y7m21d, Role:held, was to "keep the roads in good repair from Joshua Seaman's to Martha Sarles' and across to Caleb Haights was to "keep the roads in good repair from Joshua Seaman's to Martha Sarles' and across to Caleb Haights
Will-proven: 1770-04-12, Age:37y11m1d, Role:writer, John Searls Sr. probate dated Jan.11, 1770 with John Jr. along with Solomon Searls and Caleb Haight, all who live in North Castle, Westchester county, New York.
John Searls Jr. involvement (sending a letter) in the probate of his deceased father John Searls Sr. in Westchester county New York. Both are called yeoman. The document is dated Apr.12, 1770. John Searls Sr. probate dated Jan.11, 1770 with John Jr. along with Solomon Searls and Caleb Haight, all who live in North Castle, Westchester county, New York.
John Searls Jr. involvement (sending a letter) in the probate of his deceased father John Searls Sr. in Westchester county New York. Both are called yeoman. The document is dated Apr.12, 1770.
Livedin: 1770-1790, Age:37y7m21d, The area became a part of Greene county a short time later. The area became a part of Greene county a short time later.
Pos-held: 1772 , Age:39y7m21d, Role:held, elected town "Sessor" for a second time elected town "Sessor" for a second time
Pos-held: 1775 , Age:42y7m21d, Role:held, along with Andrew Sniffen, was appointed fence viewers and prisers [?appraisers] of damages and were 'to be allowed three pounds for their service, to be paid in proportion to the names they return, they being duly qualified'". along with Andrew Sniffen, was appointed fence viewers and prisers [?appraisers] of damages and were 'to be allowed three pounds for their service, to be paid in proportion to the names they return, they being duly qualified'".
Tax: 1779 , Age:46y7m21d, Role:payee, assessed for 400 Real [real estate] taxed at 20 pounds and assessed at 615 Personal [personal property] taxed at 15 pounds and 8 shillings assessed for 400 Real [real estate] taxed at 20 pounds and assessed at 615 Personal [personal property] taxed at 15 pounds and 8 shillings
Census: 1790 , Age:57y7m21d, Role:census federal, John Searls family with 4 males over age 15, 2 males under age 16, 5 females John Searls family with 4 males over age 15, 2 males under age 16, 5 females
Livedin: 1798 , Age:65y7m21d, sometime after 1790 part of North Castle was split off to become the town of New Castle. Later part of New Castle was split off to become the town of Mount Pleasant. So it is possible that John lived in the part of North Castle that eventually became the town of Mount Pleasant. In the book Dear Old Greene County [New York]...' (1915 by an unnamed author), it says that the Searls family was one of the first fourteen to settle in Greene county. sometime after 1790 part of North Castle was split off to become the town of New Castle. Later part of New Castle was split off to become the town of Mount Pleasant. So it is possible that John lived in the part of North Castle that eventually became the town of Mount Pleasant. In the book Dear Old Greene County [New York]...' (1915 by an unnamed author), it says that the Searls family was one of the first fourteen to settle in Greene county.
Census: 1800 , Age:67y7m21d, Role:census federal, John Searls family with Males: 3 under age 10, 1 age age 25-44, 1 over age 44; Females: 2 under age 10, 1 age 26-44 John Searls family with Males: 3 under age 10, 1 age age 25-44, 1 over age 44; Females: 2 under age 10, 1 age 26-44
Will-written: 1809-12-27, Age:77y7m16d, Role:writer, Heirs listed as wife: Hannah, sons: Adam, Daniel, John, Caleb and Isaac, daughters: Mary, Sarah, Charity, Hannah, Rhodah and Pheby, executors: sons Isaiah and Caleb, witnesses: William Spencer, David Dean and John Lawton. Heirs listed as wife: Hannah, sons: Adam, Daniel, John, Caleb and Isaac, daughters: Mary, Sarah, Charity, Hannah, Rhodah and Pheby, executors: sons Isaiah and Caleb, witnesses: William Spencer, David Dean and John Lawton.
Death: 1810-08-17, Age:78y3m6d, According to research in New York by Patricia (Searles) Elden, John died in either the town of Ravena or Coeymans, both being in Albany county and are just a few miles north of New Baltimore in Greene county. According to research in New York by Patricia (Searles) Elden, John died in either the town of Ravena or Coeymans, both being in Albany county and are just a few miles north of New Baltimore in Greene county.
Death: 1810-08-29, Age:78y3m18d, John died in either New Baltimore or Coxsackie in Greene county, NY. John died in either New Baltimore or Coxsackie in Greene county, NY.
Death: 1810-08-29, Age:78y3m18d
Burial: 1810-08, Age:78y2m21d, Sarls Homestead Cemetery, The cemetery is east of his home at Route 51 and Shady Lane. Website FindAGrave.com says these people are buried there (but a visit there in 2015 saw most headstones are unreadable): Daniel S. Palmer d.1789-03-25 d.1867-04-18, Gideon Palmer b.1772 d.1829-09-15, Phebe Palmer d.1772 d.1826-11-15, Anna (Palmer) Post d.1792-05-04 d.1846-12-16, James Post, S. D., S.I., S. X., Betsey (Palmer) Sarles d.1782-02-21 d.1848-03-25, I.X. Sarles d.1771-07-14 d.1856-10-23, Eliza (Case) Fisher b. 1796 d.1875-12-04, Matilda Fisher d.1828 d.1830-04-13, Daniel Mead b.1769-02-28 d.1831-12-16, George Mead b.1835 d.1838-10-02, Sarah Meed (sic?) b.1756-10-13 d.1850-07-19, P.S., Anna Palmer, Anna B (Sarles) Palmer b.1799 d.1833-03-13, Sarles Cemetery is near the intersection of High Ridge Rd and Sarles Corner (367 Long Ridge Rd) (Westchester) NY. There are 78 interments (many unreadable headstones) and unknown how they are related. Some last names of Birdsall(3), Broadhurst(1), Holritz(2), Knapp(1), Lewis(1), Marshall(1), Olmstead(8), Parslow(1), Potts(10), Scofield(8), Smith(4), Tinkler(4), Tompkins(1), Williams(1) and Searles(30). Two have no last name. Those with the last name of Sarles are: Amos, Augustus d.1845-10-05, Bailey Brundage b.1794-03-13 d.1867-05-02, Charles A b.1861-10-20 d.1906-03-15, Charles H d.1833-10-22, Charles H (second one), Deborah Crafland d.1816-06-11, Edward d.1851-09-14, Eliza Jane b.1809-02-16 d.1842-10-16, EmmaHiltzelberger b. 1857-08-23 d.1908-03-23, George 1888-1948,George Amos b.1835-09-27 d.1917-01-15, Georg G d.1935-09-25, Hannah M. d.1863-02-12, infant d.1833-10-25, infant d.1861-03-16, infant (no dates), James d.1841-09-23, James (no dates), Kathryn 1884-1958, Kezia Baker b.1770-10-28 d.1848-08-08, Maria d.1865-06-19, Mary d.1825-12-28, Mary d.1865-06-10, Mary Rebecca b.1867-11-08 d.1924-03-06, Samuel b.1770-08-25 d.1834-09-18, Nehemiah d.1849-03-10, Sarah Ann Sutton b.1839-08-30 d.1923-02-21, Sarah E b.1823-10-17 d.1896-03-20, Sarah Gale Mosher 1794-1860. Noting those born in the 1700's: are: Potts b.1784-07-26 d.1865-11-08, Rachel (Slauson) Potts b.1789-09-10 d.1862-12-19, Amy Scofield b.1760-11-08 d.1844-03-21, Enos Scofield b.1753-06-03 d.1830-04-16. The cemetery is east of his home at Route 51 and Shady Lane. Website FindAGrave.com says these people are buried there (but a visit there in 2015 saw most headstones are unreadable): Daniel S. Palmer d.1789-03-25 d.1867-04-18, Gideon Palmer b.1772 d.1829-09-15, Phebe Palmer d.1772 d.1826-11-15, Anna (Palmer) Post d.1792-05-04 d.1846-12-16, James Post, S. D., S.I., S. X., Betsey (Palmer) Sarles d.1782-02-21 d.1848-03-25, I.X. Sarles d.1771-07-14 d.1856-10-23, Eliza (Case) Fisher b. 1796 d.1875-12-04, Matilda Fisher d.1828 d.1830-04-13, Daniel Mead b.1769-02-28 d.1831-12-16, George Mead b.1835 d.1838-10-02, Sarah Meed (sic?) b.1756-10-13 d.1850-07-19, P.S., Anna Palmer, Anna B (Sarles) Palmer b.1799 d.1833-03-13, Sarles Cemetery is near the intersection of High Ridge Rd and Sarles Corner (367 Long Ridge Rd) (Westchester) NY. There are 78 interments (many unreadable headstones) and unknown how they are related. Some last names of Birdsall(3), Broadhurst(1), Holritz(2), Knapp(1), Lewis(1), Marshall(1), Olmstead(8), Parslow(1), Potts(10), Scofield(8), Smith(4), Tinkler(4), Tompkins(1), Williams(1) and Searles(30). Two have no last name. Those with the last name of Sarles are: Amos, Augustus d.1845-10-05, Bailey Brundage b.1794-03-13 d.1867-05-02, Charles A b.1861-10-20 d.1906-03-15, Charles H d.1833-10-22, Charles H (second one), Deborah Crafland d.1816-06-11, Edward d.1851-09-14, Eliza Jane b.1809-02-16 d.1842-10-16, EmmaHiltzelberger b. 1857-08-23 d.1908-03-23, George 1888-1948,George Amos b.1835-09-27 d.1917-01-15, Georg G d.1935-09-25, Hannah M. d.1863-02-12, infant d.1833-10-25, infant d.1861-03-16, infant (no dates), James d.1841-09-23, James (no dates), Kathryn 1884-1958, Kezia Baker b.1770-10-28 d.1848-08-08, Maria d.1865-06-19, Mary d.1825-12-28, Mary d.1865-06-10, Mary Rebecca b.1867-11-08 d.1924-03-06, Samuel b.1770-08-25 d.1834-09-18, Nehemiah d.1849-03-10, Sarah Ann Sutton b.1839-08-30 d.1923-02-21, Sarah E b.1823-10-17 d.1896-03-20, Sarah Gale Mosher 1794-1860. Noting those born in the 1700's: are: Potts b.1784-07-26 d.1865-11-08, Rachel (Slauson) Potts b.1789-09-10 d.1862-12-19, Amy Scofield b.1760-11-08 d.1844-03-21, Enos Scofield b.1753-06-03 d.1830-04-16.
Burial: 1810 , Age:77y7m21d, Sarls Homestead Cemetery
Military: Role:soldier, Revolutionary War, Fought in the Revolutionary War Fought in the Revolutionary War
Baptism: 1711-05-07y11m26d, St. Dionis Backchurch, Role:baptized, The church where John was baptised was in the Longbourn ward of London The church where John was baptised was in the Longbourn ward of London
Birth: 1732-05-11y0m0d, John was born in either Mount Pleasant, Westchester county, NY or New Baltimore, Greene county, NY. John was born in either Mount Pleasant, Westchester county, NY or New Baltimore, Greene county, NY.
Married: 1754-06-07, Age:22y0m27d, Role:groom
Pos-held: 1760-04-01, Age:27y10m21d, Role:held, elected town "Sessor elected town "Sessor
Pos-held: 1763 , Age:30y7m21d, Role:held, was to "keep the roads in good repair from Joshua Seaman's to Martha Sarles' and across to Caleb Haights was to "keep the roads in good repair from Joshua Seaman's to Martha Sarles' and across to Caleb Haights
Will-proven: 1770-04-12, Age:37y11m1d, Role:writer, John Searls Sr. probate dated Jan.11, 1770 with John Jr. along with Solomon Searls and Caleb Haight, all who live in North Castle, Westchester county, New York.
John Searls Jr. involvement (sending a letter) in the probate of his deceased father John Searls Sr. in Westchester county New York. Both are called yeoman. The document is dated Apr.12, 1770. John Searls Sr. probate dated Jan.11, 1770 with John Jr. along with Solomon Searls and Caleb Haight, all who live in North Castle, Westchester county, New York.
John Searls Jr. involvement (sending a letter) in the probate of his deceased father John Searls Sr. in Westchester county New York. Both are called yeoman. The document is dated Apr.12, 1770.
Livedin: 1770-1790, Age:37y7m21d, The area became a part of Greene county a short time later. The area became a part of Greene county a short time later.
Pos-held: 1772 , Age:39y7m21d, Role:held, elected town "Sessor" for a second time elected town "Sessor" for a second time
Pos-held: 1775 , Age:42y7m21d, Role:held, along with Andrew Sniffen, was appointed fence viewers and prisers [?appraisers] of damages and were 'to be allowed three pounds for their service, to be paid in proportion to the names they return, they being duly qualified'". along with Andrew Sniffen, was appointed fence viewers and prisers [?appraisers] of damages and were 'to be allowed three pounds for their service, to be paid in proportion to the names they return, they being duly qualified'".
Tax: 1779 , Age:46y7m21d, Role:payee, assessed for 400 Real [real estate] taxed at 20 pounds and assessed at 615 Personal [personal property] taxed at 15 pounds and 8 shillings assessed for 400 Real [real estate] taxed at 20 pounds and assessed at 615 Personal [personal property] taxed at 15 pounds and 8 shillings
Census: 1790 , Age:57y7m21d, Role:census federal, John Searls family with 4 males over age 15, 2 males under age 16, 5 females John Searls family with 4 males over age 15, 2 males under age 16, 5 females
Livedin: 1798 , Age:65y7m21d, sometime after 1790 part of North Castle was split off to become the town of New Castle. Later part of New Castle was split off to become the town of Mount Pleasant. So it is possible that John lived in the part of North Castle that eventually became the town of Mount Pleasant. In the book Dear Old Greene County [New York]...' (1915 by an unnamed author), it says that the Searls family was one of the first fourteen to settle in Greene county. sometime after 1790 part of North Castle was split off to become the town of New Castle. Later part of New Castle was split off to become the town of Mount Pleasant. So it is possible that John lived in the part of North Castle that eventually became the town of Mount Pleasant. In the book Dear Old Greene County [New York]...' (1915 by an unnamed author), it says that the Searls family was one of the first fourteen to settle in Greene county.
Census: 1800 , Age:67y7m21d, Role:census federal, John Searls family with Males: 3 under age 10, 1 age age 25-44, 1 over age 44; Females: 2 under age 10, 1 age 26-44 John Searls family with Males: 3 under age 10, 1 age age 25-44, 1 over age 44; Females: 2 under age 10, 1 age 26-44
Will-written: 1809-12-27, Age:77y7m16d, Role:writer, Heirs listed as wife: Hannah, sons: Adam, Daniel, John, Caleb and Isaac, daughters: Mary, Sarah, Charity, Hannah, Rhodah and Pheby, executors: sons Isaiah and Caleb, witnesses: William Spencer, David Dean and John Lawton. Heirs listed as wife: Hannah, sons: Adam, Daniel, John, Caleb and Isaac, daughters: Mary, Sarah, Charity, Hannah, Rhodah and Pheby, executors: sons Isaiah and Caleb, witnesses: William Spencer, David Dean and John Lawton.
Death: 1810-08-17, Age:78y3m6d, According to research in New York by Patricia (Searles) Elden, John died in either the town of Ravena or Coeymans, both being in Albany county and are just a few miles north of New Baltimore in Greene county. According to research in New York by Patricia (Searles) Elden, John died in either the town of Ravena or Coeymans, both being in Albany county and are just a few miles north of New Baltimore in Greene county.
Death: 1810-08-29, Age:78y3m18d, John died in either New Baltimore or Coxsackie in Greene county, NY. John died in either New Baltimore or Coxsackie in Greene county, NY.
Death: 1810-08-29, Age:78y3m18d
Burial: 1810-08, Age:78y2m21d, Sarls Homestead Cemetery, The cemetery is east of his home at Route 51 and Shady Lane. Website FindAGrave.com says these people are buried there (but a visit there in 2015 saw most headstones are unreadable): Daniel S. Palmer d.1789-03-25 d.1867-04-18, Gideon Palmer b.1772 d.1829-09-15, Phebe Palmer d.1772 d.1826-11-15, Anna (Palmer) Post d.1792-05-04 d.1846-12-16, James Post, S. D., S.I., S. X., Betsey (Palmer) Sarles d.1782-02-21 d.1848-03-25, I.X. Sarles d.1771-07-14 d.1856-10-23, Eliza (Case) Fisher b. 1796 d.1875-12-04, Matilda Fisher d.1828 d.1830-04-13, Daniel Mead b.1769-02-28 d.1831-12-16, George Mead b.1835 d.1838-10-02, Sarah Meed (sic?) b.1756-10-13 d.1850-07-19, P.S., Anna Palmer, Anna B (Sarles) Palmer b.1799 d.1833-03-13, Sarles Cemetery is near the intersection of High Ridge Rd and Sarles Corner (367 Long Ridge Rd) (Westchester) NY. There are 78 interments (many unreadable headstones) and unknown how they are related. Some last names of Birdsall(3), Broadhurst(1), Holritz(2), Knapp(1), Lewis(1), Marshall(1), Olmstead(8), Parslow(1), Potts(10), Scofield(8), Smith(4), Tinkler(4), Tompkins(1), Williams(1) and Searles(30). Two have no last name. Those with the last name of Sarles are: Amos, Augustus d.1845-10-05, Bailey Brundage b.1794-03-13 d.1867-05-02, Charles A b.1861-10-20 d.1906-03-15, Charles H d.1833-10-22, Charles H (second one), Deborah Crafland d.1816-06-11, Edward d.1851-09-14, Eliza Jane b.1809-02-16 d.1842-10-16, EmmaHiltzelberger b. 1857-08-23 d.1908-03-23, George 1888-1948,George Amos b.1835-09-27 d.1917-01-15, Georg G d.1935-09-25, Hannah M. d.1863-02-12, infant d.1833-10-25, infant d.1861-03-16, infant (no dates), James d.1841-09-23, James (no dates), Kathryn 1884-1958, Kezia Baker b.1770-10-28 d.1848-08-08, Maria d.1865-06-19, Mary d.1825-12-28, Mary d.1865-06-10, Mary Rebecca b.1867-11-08 d.1924-03-06, Samuel b.1770-08-25 d.1834-09-18, Nehemiah d.1849-03-10, Sarah Ann Sutton b.1839-08-30 d.1923-02-21, Sarah E b.1823-10-17 d.1896-03-20, Sarah Gale Mosher 1794-1860. Noting those born in the 1700's: are: Potts b.1784-07-26 d.1865-11-08, Rachel (Slauson) Potts b.1789-09-10 d.1862-12-19, Amy Scofield b.1760-11-08 d.1844-03-21, Enos Scofield b.1753-06-03 d.1830-04-16. The cemetery is east of his home at Route 51 and Shady Lane. Website FindAGrave.com says these people are buried there (but a visit there in 2015 saw most headstones are unreadable): Daniel S. Palmer d.1789-03-25 d.1867-04-18, Gideon Palmer b.1772 d.1829-09-15, Phebe Palmer d.1772 d.1826-11-15, Anna (Palmer) Post d.1792-05-04 d.1846-12-16, James Post, S. D., S.I., S. X., Betsey (Palmer) Sarles d.1782-02-21 d.1848-03-25, I.X. Sarles d.1771-07-14 d.1856-10-23, Eliza (Case) Fisher b. 1796 d.1875-12-04, Matilda Fisher d.1828 d.1830-04-13, Daniel Mead b.1769-02-28 d.1831-12-16, George Mead b.1835 d.1838-10-02, Sarah Meed (sic?) b.1756-10-13 d.1850-07-19, P.S., Anna Palmer, Anna B (Sarles) Palmer b.1799 d.1833-03-13, Sarles Cemetery is near the intersection of High Ridge Rd and Sarles Corner (367 Long Ridge Rd) (Westchester) NY. There are 78 interments (many unreadable headstones) and unknown how they are related. Some last names of Birdsall(3), Broadhurst(1), Holritz(2), Knapp(1), Lewis(1), Marshall(1), Olmstead(8), Parslow(1), Potts(10), Scofield(8), Smith(4), Tinkler(4), Tompkins(1), Williams(1) and Searles(30). Two have no last name. Those with the last name of Sarles are: Amos, Augustus d.1845-10-05, Bailey Brundage b.1794-03-13 d.1867-05-02, Charles A b.1861-10-20 d.1906-03-15, Charles H d.1833-10-22, Charles H (second one), Deborah Crafland d.1816-06-11, Edward d.1851-09-14, Eliza Jane b.1809-02-16 d.1842-10-16, EmmaHiltzelberger b. 1857-08-23 d.1908-03-23, George 1888-1948,George Amos b.1835-09-27 d.1917-01-15, Georg G d.1935-09-25, Hannah M. d.1863-02-12, infant d.1833-10-25, infant d.1861-03-16, infant (no dates), James d.1841-09-23, James (no dates), Kathryn 1884-1958, Kezia Baker b.1770-10-28 d.1848-08-08, Maria d.1865-06-19, Mary d.1825-12-28, Mary d.1865-06-10, Mary Rebecca b.1867-11-08 d.1924-03-06, Samuel b.1770-08-25 d.1834-09-18, Nehemiah d.1849-03-10, Sarah Ann Sutton b.1839-08-30 d.1923-02-21, Sarah E b.1823-10-17 d.1896-03-20, Sarah Gale Mosher 1794-1860. Noting those born in the 1700's: are: Potts b.1784-07-26 d.1865-11-08, Rachel (Slauson) Potts b.1789-09-10 d.1862-12-19, Amy Scofield b.1760-11-08 d.1844-03-21, Enos Scofield b.1753-06-03 d.1830-04-16.
Burial: 1810 , Age:77y7m21d, Sarls Homestead Cemetery
Military: Role:soldier, Revolutionary War, Fought in the Revolutionary War Fought in the Revolutionary War
Image(s)
S__0189 - Photo of Sarles Lane Intersection with Jennings Road
S__0211 - 1790 Census for North Castle, Westchester county, New York with John Searls
S__0212 - 1800 Census for North Castle, Westchester county, New York with John Searls
S__0216 - Will of Adam Ireland in which son-in-law John Searls is as Administrator
S__0227 - Probate Record of John Searls Sr. by His Son John Jr.
S__0228 - Probate Record of John Searls Sr. involving His Son John Jr. and Two Others
S__0556 - Book 'Dear Old Greene County New York...', 1915, author unnamed
S__0558 - Baptisms in St. Dionis Backchurch in London with baptism of John Searls
S__0561 - Book 'The Searles Family', 1962, Harry Howk
S__0567 - Book 'Westchester Patriarchs Prior to 1755' 1988 by Norman Davis
Z__0032 - Map of Counties of New York
S__0189 - Photo of Sarles Lane Intersection with Jennings Road
S__0211 - 1790 Census for North Castle, Westchester county, New York with John Searls
S__0212 - 1800 Census for North Castle, Westchester county, New York with John Searls
S__0216 - Will of Adam Ireland in which son-in-law John Searls is as Administrator
S__0227 - Probate Record of John Searls Sr. by His Son John Jr.
S__0228 - Probate Record of John Searls Sr. involving His Son John Jr. and Two Others
S__0556 - Book 'Dear Old Greene County New York...', 1915, author unnamed
S__0558 - Baptisms in St. Dionis Backchurch in London with baptism of John Searls
S__0561 - Book 'The Searles Family', 1962, Harry Howk
S__0567 - Book 'Westchester Patriarchs Prior to 1755' 1988 by Norman Davis
Z__0032 - Map of Counties of New York
General
Fought in the Revolutionary War
Fought in the Revolutionary War
Sources
Abstracts of Wills of Greene County NY 1800-1860, volumeI, Ray C. Sawyer, 1933
Book History of Greene County NY, J.B.Beers and Co., 1884
Book New England Families, W.R. Cutter, 1914
Book The Heritage of New Baltimore, NY, 1976 Pp.49-51
Book The Searles Family, Harry A. Howk, 1962, Lisa Robinson 1996 revision
Book Westchester [County, NY] Patriarchs, Norman Davis, 1988
Daniel Sarls Family Bible, 1762, JoAnne Carras possession
Daniel Searls Family record
Letters and emails from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 2001
Letters by E.C. Elmendorf from early 1960's, Shari Adair possession
Letters from Patricia Elden, Detroit OR, 2000
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1987
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1990
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1993
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Sarls Homestead Cemetery, Hannacroix New York
Susan M. Fisher entry on FamilySearch website for Fishers and Searls
Website ancestors.familySearch.org
Website en.wikipedia.org
Website findagrave.com
Website www.wikitree.com
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Abstracts of Wills of Greene County NY 1800-1860, volumeI, Ray C. Sawyer, 1933
Book History of Greene County NY, J.B.Beers and Co., 1884
Book New England Families, W.R. Cutter, 1914
Book The Heritage of New Baltimore, NY, 1976 Pp.49-51
Book The Searles Family, Harry A. Howk, 1962, Lisa Robinson 1996 revision
Book Westchester [County, NY] Patriarchs, Norman Davis, 1988
Daniel Sarls Family Bible, 1762, JoAnne Carras possession
Daniel Searls Family record
Letters and emails from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 2001
Letters by E.C. Elmendorf from early 1960's, Shari Adair possession
Letters from Patricia Elden, Detroit OR, 2000
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1987
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1990
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1993
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Sarls Homestead Cemetery, Hannacroix New York
Susan M. Fisher entry on FamilySearch website for Fishers and Searls
Website ancestors.familySearch.org
Website en.wikipedia.org
Website findagrave.com
Website www.wikitree.com
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geni.com:::family, parentsgeni.com:::
wikitree.com:::family, only daughter Marywikitree.com:::
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1732: United States - George Washington is born in Virginia
1733-1738: Poland - War of the Polish Succession
1735-1739: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (fifth of ten), Russian victory
1735-1799: China - The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory
1735: United States - John Adams is born in Boston
1736: China - Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate the classic panoramic painting by Zhang Zeduan called Along the River During Qingming Festival
1736: Iran - Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty, ruled until his death in 1747
1736: United States - Patrick Henry born
1737: United States - Alexander Hamilton born
1737: United States - John Hancock born
1738-1756: Mali - Famine across the Sahel, half the population of Timbuktu (Mali) died
1738: Italy - Pope Clement XII Issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons
1739: England, Spain, Caribbean - Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins Ear in the Caribbean
1739: India - Battle of Karnal, Nader Shah defeats the Mughals and sacks Delhi
1740-1741: Ireland - Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740-1748: Austria - War of the Austrian Succession
1740: England, Spain, United States - British attempt to capture St. Augustine, Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1740: Germany - Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1741: Italy - Pope Benedict XIV Issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1741: Russia, United States - Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741: United States - Benjamin Franklin invents the Franklin Stove, a very efficient stove that heats a house even after the fire extinguishes. Franklin chose to not patent his invention based on his belief that he instead should help others
1743: United States - Thomas Jefferson is born in Virginia
1744-1748: France, India - The First Carnatic War fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India
1744: France - French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744: Saudi Arabia - The First Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1745: England, Scotland - Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745: United States - John Jay born
1747: Afghanistan - Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1748-1754: England, France, India - The Second Carnatic War fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India
1748: Austria - Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession and First Carnatic War
1748: United States - Benjamin Franklin retires from the printing business to pursue scientific matters
1750: Europe - Peak of the Little Ice Age [first suggested in 1939, this has since been disputed after more detailed research] that lasts another one hundred years
1751: United States - Jamaes Madison born
1752: United States - Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity with his famous kite flying experiment which was done in secrecy at the time. Later that same year he invents the lightning rod, one of the most perfect inventions because it continues to do its job without maintenance. It is still being used today by every tall building in the world.
1753: United States, France, England - Major George Washington, age 21, delivers a message to the French from the English King asking the French to leave North American, the French politely refuse
1754-1763,: United States, France, England - The French and Indian War, Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and French allies and the English and English allies, the North American chapter of the Seven Years War
1754: India - Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War (of three) and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic
1755-1763: Canada - The Great Upheaval, forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1755: Portugal - The Lisbon earthquake
1756-1763: France, India - The Third Carnatic War fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India
1756-1763: globe - Seven Years War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world
1757: India - Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule in India after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the East India Company
1758: England - British colonel James Wolfe Issues the Wolfe Manifesto
1758: United States - James Monroe born
1759: France, England - French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
1760: England - George III became King of Britain
1760: Iran - Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1761: France, India - Battle of Panipat, France defeats Maratha Empire
1762-1796: Russia - Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia
1763: India - Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years War and Third Carnatic War
1763: Omdoa - Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1765: United States, England - Stamp Act Introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament
1766-1799: India - Anglo-Mysore Wars
1767: Burma - Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom
1768-1774: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (sixth of ten), Russian victory
1768: Nepal - Gurkhas conquered Nepal
1769-1770: New Zealand, Australia - James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769-1773: India - The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population
1769: United States - James Watt invents the steam engine, this begins the Industrial Revolution
1769: United States - Spanish missionaries established the first of twenty one missions in California
1770-1771: Czech Republic - Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands
1770: Australia, England - James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain
1770: United States - Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a crowd of snowball throwers, killing five. John Adams later defends in court the British troops involved, this actually boosts John Adams' reputation because it demonstrates to the British that the Americans are fair
1771: England - Richard Arkwright and his partners build the first water-powered mill at Cromford
1771: Russia - The Plague Riot in Moscow
1772-1779: England, India - Maratha Empire fights Britain and the forces of Raghunathrao during the First Anglo-Maratha War
1772-1795: Poland - The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and erased Poland from the map for 123 years
1772: Denmark - Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark
1772: Poland - Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1772: Sweden - Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d etat, becoming almost an absolute monarch
1773-1775: Russia - Pugachev Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in the history of Russia
1773: India, China - East India Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China
1775-1783: United States, England - American Revolutionary War
1775: United States - Daniel Boone begins to clear the Wilderness Road to Kentucky
1775: globe - John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772-1775)
1776: Germany - Order of Illuminati founded by German philosopher Adam Weishaupt
1776: United States - United States Declaration of Independence is written by Thomas Jefferson and others then is adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia
1778: United States - James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands
1778: Vietnam - Tây So-n Dynasty established in Vietnam
1779-1879: England, South Africa - Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1780: Peru - Outbreak of Indigenous rebellion led by Túpac Amaru II in Peru
1781-1785: Austria - Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step, second step in 1848)
1781: United States, Spain - Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles
1783: Iceland - Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano
1783: Ukraine, Russia - Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate
1783: United States, England - The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War of Independence
1785-1791: Russia - Imam Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic, led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian Invaders
1785-1795: United States - Northwest Indian War between the United States and Native Americans
1787-1792: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (seventh of ten), Russian victory
1787: Japan - Kansei Reforms Instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu
1787: Sierra Leone - Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone
1787: United States - United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification, the Bill of Rights ratified four years later
1788-1789: Brazil - Inconfidencia Mineira, conspiracy against the colonial authorities in Brazil
1788: Astralia - First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney, Australia is the only Western country with no Bill of Rights
1788: France - First French Quaker community established in Congenies
1788: United States - New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the ninth state, and by the terms of Article VII, the constitution goes into effect
1789-1799: France - The French Revolution
1789: Canada, England, Spain - Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis
1789: Unites States - George Washington unanimously elected President of the United States, he serves two four-year terms
1790: Belgiu, - United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution
1790: Poland, germany - Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1791-1795: globe - George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition
1791-1804: Haiti - The Haitian Revolution
1791: Canada - The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America
1792-1815: France - The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars
1792: Sweden - King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen
1792: United States - New York Stock & Exchange Board founded
1793-1796: France - Revolt in the Vendee against the French Republic at the time of the Revolution
1793: Canada - Upper Canada bans slavery
1793: United States - The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as five thosand people in Philadelphia—roughly 10% of the population
1794: Iran - Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty
1794: Poland - Polish revolt
1794: United States, England - The Jay Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States which returns to the U.S. the Western outposts in the Great Lakes, and, commerce between the two countries is regulated
1795: France - The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem
1795: Georgia - Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground
1795: United States, Spain - The Pinckney Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the U.S.
1795: United States - Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu uanu
1796-1804: China - The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China
1796: Africa (western) - Mungo Park, backed by the African Association, is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa
1796: Ceylon, England, Naterlands - British ejected Dutch from Ceylon
1796: England - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination, smallpox killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs)
1796: France - Battle of Montenotte, engagement in the War of the First Coalition, first victory of Napoleon Bonaparte as an army commander
1797: France - Napoleon Invades and partitions the Republic of Venice ending over a thousand years of Independence for the Serene Republic
1797: United States - John Adams is elected to succeed George Washington as President of the United States, he serves one four-year term and his son, John Quincy Adams, will serve one term as President 24 years later
1798-1800: United States, France - Quasi-War between the United States and France
1798: Ireland - The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland
1799: France - Napoleon staged a coup d etat and became dictator of France
1799: India - Dutch East India Company is dissolved
1799: Tonga - The assassination of the 14th Tu I Kanokupolu, Tuku aho, plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war
1800: England - The Company of Surgeons are awarded their Royal Charter and became the Royal College of Surgeons of England
1800: United States - The Inception of the Second Great Awakening for the United States
1801-1815: United States, Africa north coastal countries - Barbary War between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801: England, Ireland - The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom
1801: Pakistan - Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab (made up of parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
1801: United States - Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives, following a tie in the Electoral College
1803: Saudi Arabia - The Wahhabis of the First Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina
1803: United States, France - The United States buys out territorial claims of France in North America via the Louisiana Purchase, this begins the U.S. westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as Its Manifest Destiny which Involves annexing and conquering land from Mexico, Britain, and Native Americans
1804-1810: Nigeria - Fulani Jihad in Nigeria
1804-1815: Serbia, Turkey - Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule, Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817
1804: Auastria - Austrian Empire founded by Francis I
1804: France - Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
1804: Haiti, France - Haiti gains Independence from France and becomes the first black republic
1805-1848: Egypt - Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt
1805: England, France, Spain - The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas, a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century
1806-1812: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (eighth of ten), Russian victory
1806: Europe - Treaty of Pressburg (Bratislava, Slovakia), Holy Roman Empire is dissolved as Francis II renounces his title as Holy Roman Emperor and becomes Emperor Francis I of Austria
1807: England - Britain declares the Slave Trade Illegal
1808-1809: Russia, Finland, Sweden - Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War
1808-1814: Spain - Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War
1809: France - Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim
1810: Germany - The University of Berlin is founded, among Its students and faculty are Hegel, Marx, and Bismarck, the German university reform proves to be so successful that Its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities)
1810: Mexico - The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War of Independence
1810s-20s: Latin America, Spain, Portugal - Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of Independence
1732-1734: Russia, Ukraine - Crimean Tatar/Tartar raids into Russia
1732: United States - George Washington is born in Virginia
1733-1738: Poland - War of the Polish Succession
1735-1739: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (fifth of ten), Russian victory
1735-1799: China - The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory
1735: United States - John Adams is born in Boston
1736: China - Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate the classic panoramic painting by Zhang Zeduan called Along the River During Qingming Festival
1736: Iran - Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty, ruled until his death in 1747
1736: United States - Patrick Henry born
1737: United States - Alexander Hamilton born
1737: United States - John Hancock born
1738-1756: Mali - Famine across the Sahel, half the population of Timbuktu (Mali) died
1738: Italy - Pope Clement XII Issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons
1739: England, Spain, Caribbean - Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins Ear in the Caribbean
1739: India - Battle of Karnal, Nader Shah defeats the Mughals and sacks Delhi
1740-1741: Ireland - Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740-1748: Austria - War of the Austrian Succession
1740: England, Spain, United States - British attempt to capture St. Augustine, Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1740: Germany - Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1741: Italy - Pope Benedict XIV Issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1741: Russia, United States - Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741: United States - Benjamin Franklin invents the Franklin Stove, a very efficient stove that heats a house even after the fire extinguishes. Franklin chose to not patent his invention based on his belief that he instead should help others
1743: United States - Thomas Jefferson is born in Virginia
1744-1748: France, India - The First Carnatic War fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India
1744: France - French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744: Saudi Arabia - The First Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1745: England, Scotland - Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745: United States - John Jay born
1747: Afghanistan - Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1748-1754: England, France, India - The Second Carnatic War fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India
1748: Austria - Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession and First Carnatic War
1748: United States - Benjamin Franklin retires from the printing business to pursue scientific matters
1750: Europe - Peak of the Little Ice Age [first suggested in 1939, this has since been disputed after more detailed research] that lasts another one hundred years
1751: United States - Jamaes Madison born
1752: United States - Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity with his famous kite flying experiment which was done in secrecy at the time. Later that same year he invents the lightning rod, one of the most perfect inventions because it continues to do its job without maintenance. It is still being used today by every tall building in the world.
1753: United States, France, England - Major George Washington, age 21, delivers a message to the French from the English King asking the French to leave North American, the French politely refuse
1754-1763,: United States, France, England - The French and Indian War, Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and French allies and the English and English allies, the North American chapter of the Seven Years War
1754: India - Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War (of three) and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic
1755-1763: Canada - The Great Upheaval, forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1755: Portugal - The Lisbon earthquake
1756-1763: France, India - The Third Carnatic War fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India
1756-1763: globe - Seven Years War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world
1757: India - Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule in India after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the East India Company
1758: England - British colonel James Wolfe Issues the Wolfe Manifesto
1758: United States - James Monroe born
1759: France, England - French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
1760: England - George III became King of Britain
1760: Iran - Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1761: France, India - Battle of Panipat, France defeats Maratha Empire
1762-1796: Russia - Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia
1763: India - Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years War and Third Carnatic War
1763: Omdoa - Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1765: United States, England - Stamp Act Introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament
1766-1799: India - Anglo-Mysore Wars
1767: Burma - Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom
1768-1774: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (sixth of ten), Russian victory
1768: Nepal - Gurkhas conquered Nepal
1769-1770: New Zealand, Australia - James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769-1773: India - The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population
1769: United States - James Watt invents the steam engine, this begins the Industrial Revolution
1769: United States - Spanish missionaries established the first of twenty one missions in California
1770-1771: Czech Republic - Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands
1770: Australia, England - James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain
1770: United States - Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a crowd of snowball throwers, killing five. John Adams later defends in court the British troops involved, this actually boosts John Adams' reputation because it demonstrates to the British that the Americans are fair
1771: England - Richard Arkwright and his partners build the first water-powered mill at Cromford
1771: Russia - The Plague Riot in Moscow
1772-1779: England, India - Maratha Empire fights Britain and the forces of Raghunathrao during the First Anglo-Maratha War
1772-1795: Poland - The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and erased Poland from the map for 123 years
1772: Denmark - Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark
1772: Poland - Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1772: Sweden - Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d etat, becoming almost an absolute monarch
1773-1775: Russia - Pugachev Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in the history of Russia
1773: India, China - East India Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China
1775-1783: United States, England - American Revolutionary War
1775: United States - Daniel Boone begins to clear the Wilderness Road to Kentucky
1775: globe - John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772-1775)
1776: Germany - Order of Illuminati founded by German philosopher Adam Weishaupt
1776: United States - United States Declaration of Independence is written by Thomas Jefferson and others then is adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia
1778: United States - James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands
1778: Vietnam - Tây So-n Dynasty established in Vietnam
1779-1879: England, South Africa - Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1780: Peru - Outbreak of Indigenous rebellion led by Túpac Amaru II in Peru
1781-1785: Austria - Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step, second step in 1848)
1781: United States, Spain - Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles
1783: Iceland - Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano
1783: Ukraine, Russia - Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate
1783: United States, England - The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War of Independence
1785-1791: Russia - Imam Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic, led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian Invaders
1785-1795: United States - Northwest Indian War between the United States and Native Americans
1787-1792: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (seventh of ten), Russian victory
1787: Japan - Kansei Reforms Instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu
1787: Sierra Leone - Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone
1787: United States - United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification, the Bill of Rights ratified four years later
1788-1789: Brazil - Inconfidencia Mineira, conspiracy against the colonial authorities in Brazil
1788: Astralia - First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney, Australia is the only Western country with no Bill of Rights
1788: France - First French Quaker community established in Congenies
1788: United States - New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the ninth state, and by the terms of Article VII, the constitution goes into effect
1789-1799: France - The French Revolution
1789: Canada, England, Spain - Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis
1789: Unites States - George Washington unanimously elected President of the United States, he serves two four-year terms
1790: Belgiu, - United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution
1790: Poland, germany - Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1791-1795: globe - George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition
1791-1804: Haiti - The Haitian Revolution
1791: Canada - The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America
1792-1815: France - The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars
1792: Sweden - King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen
1792: United States - New York Stock & Exchange Board founded
1793-1796: France - Revolt in the Vendee against the French Republic at the time of the Revolution
1793: Canada - Upper Canada bans slavery
1793: United States - The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as five thosand people in Philadelphia—roughly 10% of the population
1794: Iran - Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty
1794: Poland - Polish revolt
1794: United States, England - The Jay Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States which returns to the U.S. the Western outposts in the Great Lakes, and, commerce between the two countries is regulated
1795: France - The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem
1795: Georgia - Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground
1795: United States, Spain - The Pinckney Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the U.S.
1795: United States - Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu uanu
1796-1804: China - The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China
1796: Africa (western) - Mungo Park, backed by the African Association, is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa
1796: Ceylon, England, Naterlands - British ejected Dutch from Ceylon
1796: England - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination, smallpox killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs)
1796: France - Battle of Montenotte, engagement in the War of the First Coalition, first victory of Napoleon Bonaparte as an army commander
1797: France - Napoleon Invades and partitions the Republic of Venice ending over a thousand years of Independence for the Serene Republic
1797: United States - John Adams is elected to succeed George Washington as President of the United States, he serves one four-year term and his son, John Quincy Adams, will serve one term as President 24 years later
1798-1800: United States, France - Quasi-War between the United States and France
1798: Ireland - The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland
1799: France - Napoleon staged a coup d etat and became dictator of France
1799: India - Dutch East India Company is dissolved
1799: Tonga - The assassination of the 14th Tu I Kanokupolu, Tuku aho, plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war
1800: England - The Company of Surgeons are awarded their Royal Charter and became the Royal College of Surgeons of England
1800: United States - The Inception of the Second Great Awakening for the United States
1801-1815: United States, Africa north coastal countries - Barbary War between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801: England, Ireland - The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom
1801: Pakistan - Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab (made up of parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
1801: United States - Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives, following a tie in the Electoral College
1803: Saudi Arabia - The Wahhabis of the First Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina
1803: United States, France - The United States buys out territorial claims of France in North America via the Louisiana Purchase, this begins the U.S. westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as Its Manifest Destiny which Involves annexing and conquering land from Mexico, Britain, and Native Americans
1804-1810: Nigeria - Fulani Jihad in Nigeria
1804-1815: Serbia, Turkey - Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule, Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817
1804: Auastria - Austrian Empire founded by Francis I
1804: France - Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
1804: Haiti, France - Haiti gains Independence from France and becomes the first black republic
1805-1848: Egypt - Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt
1805: England, France, Spain - The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas, a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century
1806-1812: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (eighth of ten), Russian victory
1806: Europe - Treaty of Pressburg (Bratislava, Slovakia), Holy Roman Empire is dissolved as Francis II renounces his title as Holy Roman Emperor and becomes Emperor Francis I of Austria
1807: England - Britain declares the Slave Trade Illegal
1808-1809: Russia, Finland, Sweden - Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War
1808-1814: Spain - Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War
1809: France - Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim
1810: Germany - The University of Berlin is founded, among Its students and faculty are Hegel, Marx, and Bismarck, the German university reform proves to be so successful that Its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities)
1810: Mexico - The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War of Independence
1810s-20s: Latin America, Spain, Portugal - Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of Independence