John Wickes great 6x great uncle, was baptised on this day in 1719.
In the same year:
Jan 5 Britain, Hannover, Saxony-Poland and Austria sign anti-Prussian Russian pact
Apr 25 Daniel Defoe publishes "Robinson Crusoe", regarded as the 1st English novel.
Jun 10 Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel - Jacobite army defeated by British forces
While these events likely didn't have a direct impact on John's personal life, they provide a glimpse into the broader historical context of the time.
John Wickes, son of Richard Wickes (1685, bur.1753) and Barbara Wimble (c. 1690, bur.1727), was born c. 1719 in Brightling, Sussex, England. He was baptised in Brightling on 20 Dec 1719.
On this day in history:
On this day throughout history, several other significant events occurred:
1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite army reached the River Esk in North Yorkshire, far north of John's home in Sussex.
1780: Britain declared war on Holland.
1812: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published "Grimm's Fairy Tales" or "Children's and Household Tales" for the first time.
1879: Thomas Edison privately demonstrated his incandescent light bulb at Menlo Park, New Jersey.
It is through a Barbara Wickes that I am related to one of my best genealogy friends who I met quite by chance. She lives in Lewes and I visit her. You can see my connection via John and Barbara here.
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John's link to me through my great grandmother, Ellen. |
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