William2 Parker Jr. was dead by 6 Jan. 1679 (1680) when his wife Judith, now wife of Nicholas Painter was named his administrix (TP; 11: 279; and I & A; 7A: 128). On 14 July 1680, Judith Painter of Calvert Co. relict and administrix of William Parker, gent of Calvert Co. deceased exhibited his inventory.
“Inv. of the goods, chattels, etc. of William Parker late of ye Cliffs in Calvert Co., gent, deceased which came to the light of George Parker and John Hance and approved 4 March 1679 . . . long inventory list . . . Nicholas Pannter (Painter) who married ye wido of decd, Admx., craves further time, etc. (Recorded 1680).
On 25 Nov. 1680 Captain Samuel Bourne of Calvert Co. exhibited the bond of Judith Painter, relict and administrix of William Parker with sureties Robert Franklin and William Gwither who were likely members of her own natal family (more data needed). Nicholas Painter, gent of AA Co., was age 23 in 1678 (deposed 19
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Magdalen Stevens Edmondson married secondly Jacob Lookerman (1678-1738), sheriff of Dorchester Co., Md., son of Jacob Lookeman (1652-1730), born in New Amsterdam, NY; immigrated 1677 to St. Mary’s Co., ca 1678 and Dorchester Co. by 1683; and grandson of Govert Lookerman (died 1671) who was born in Turnhout in the Netherlands and immigrated to New Amsterdam (NYC) in 1633. He was the chief merchant and an Indian trader of the New Netherlands in partnership with Isaac Allerton, a pilgrim father, and member of the elected Board of the Nine Selectmen of New Netherlands in the 1640s. He married firstly Ariaentje Jans whose mother was Marritje, widow of Thyren Jansen, daughter of Tryn Jansen. Magdalen Stevens Edmondson and Jacob Lookeman Jr. left issue (Papenfuse II: 546). Issue only by first
John Singleton Copley was a painter in America. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley. He became famous as his work consisted of portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England. His works often depicted certain middle-class subjects. His quick climb and prolonged fame were the result of a natural skill to handle paint and be able to manufacture pictures that obscured anything created by his forerunners in America.
An Orphan’s Obsession Edward Pierce, or Andrew Miller, or is it Robert Jefferson or maybe even John Simms… The identity of the supposed orphan who committed the Great Train Robbery remains ambiguous, but the motives behind it are not. Michael Chriton’s The Great Train Robbery sheds light on 1855’s greatest crime with details about Edward Pierce’s accomplices and impeccable criminal knowledge to show how Pierce’s livelihood as a criminal morphed into an obsession.
Cynthia Ann Parker was born approximately around 1825 to Lucy and Silas M. Parker in Crawford County, Illinois (civilwarwomenblog.com). Parker was around the age of nine or ten when her family moved to Texas and built Fort Parker. They built a major wall to provide them with protection against natives, on the headwaters of the Navasota River (lone-star.net). Fort Parker was attacked on May 19, 1836 by Comanche, Caddo and Kiowa warriors. They killed most of the residents.
The man with the torch could be John Mason; the man accounted to be responsible for using the Natives torches as weapon to burn down the fort. Behind a Englishman on the right side of the illustration, an Indian is visible, and looking as if he is a part of the English force, he is probably from the Mohegan’s, an ally of the English in fighting against the Pequot’s. This marks disunity among the Natives as some allied with the English and fought against each other. This engraving’s purpose was to depict the events of the Pequot War and the Massacre at Mystic while showing the uneven sides of the attack and its violent nature. Being a famous historical engraver, Barber made a living off his historical books that were illustrated
There were many appalling prison camps during the Civil War, but the most infamous was Andersonville. A shocking 13,000 people died in this camp(Bartels). Andersonville was run from February of 1864 until April of 1865. When the North found out about what happened at Andersonville, people were outraged. They wanted justice, and so the man running the camp, Henry Wirz, was tried and hanged for war crimes(Kohn).
His mother, Elizabeth, and her family, sailed on the Abigail to Portsmouth at the age of three. His father, William Ellery, took after his dad. He studied at Harvard and graduated in 1722 to then become a successful merchant just as his father did (Pyne).After William’s grandfather passed away, his dad inherited his father 's wealth due to him being the oldest son. He was a deputy, assistant to the Colonial Assembly, Judge of the county, and Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (Pyne).
Black migrants were not only participants in civil right protests, integrationist activities, and abolitionist activism they were in many cases its leaders. Abolitionist activism took on a personal meaning due to the fact that many southern migrants living in Boston had been slave themselves. The tradition of leadership in organizations and protest in Boston’s black society can best be explained by examining the activism of a number of important black families. Prince Hall founded the Negro Masonic Order a fraternal organization in 1784. As a result of this, his son, Primus Hall was also actively involved in black community affairs.
APUSH Unit 2 Long Essay In 1603, the English were still a small rising nation, poorer than most, and less powerful than Spain and France. Although the British colonies settled in the Americas late, they quickly became a dominant force in the new world. After they acquired their first permanent settlement in Jamestown, VA in 1607, the British became attracted to greater power and more land, which was the first building block of perhaps the most powerful European nation of the time period. Due to their growth in the Americas, the British were able to be compared to the Spanish colonies of the time period, which boosted the English’s confidence.
The year was 1804 the 47 year old Hamilton died by the hand of Aaron Burr. Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel where he then lost his life. At Weehawken, New Jersey is where the fight went down. At the time Hamilton was wearing his glasses and Burr though he was going to take dealdey aim so Burr shot him right between the ribs. Hamilton was then taken back to New York where he died.
John Parker: Man of Integrity An African-American abolitionist. An inventor. An industrialist. John P. Parker was a man who was persistent in fighting for his freedom and for the freedom of others.
The Rise of Daniel Hale Williams Daniel Hale Williams III was an extraordinary African American surgeon. Dr. Williams, the son of a barber, was a free African American born during the 1800s to Daniel Hale Williams II and Sarah Williams. Dr. Williams’ family was heavily impacted by the ongoing history at the time. Furthermore, Dr. Williams’ ancestors were slaves. Daniel’s ancestors on both sides were a mixture of European, Native American, and African American.
When choosing a portrait to analyze, some may have a very difficult time doing so due to the abundance created over the years. For my analysis, I chose the portrait called Washington, General Lafayette and Tilghman at Yorktown. This painting, done by Charles Willson Peale depicts the three generals after their victory at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. As a response to the victory, the Maryland House of Delegates asked Governor Thomas Sim Lee to commission Charles Willson Peale to paint the portrait- which he finished in 1781.
In 1818, he traveled for a while in search of portrait commissions until he began living in the nation’s capital, where he opened his own studio and gallery. Many important political figures, including John Quincy Adams, James Monroe, and John Calhoun hired him to paint their portraits. Later on, he was commissioned by the government to paint portraits of significant Indian delegates. He painted over one hundred portraits, representing at least twenty different tribes. The portraits were exhibited in the Smithsonian until being destroyed in the fire in 1865, which caused him to become relatively
Viewing Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware painting evoked a great deal of emotion. Upon walking into the room filled with American landscape paintings, the enormous size demanded all my attention temporarily making me forget about the rest of the paintings. The longer I gazed at the artist’s magnificent triumph, the more I felt a part of this historic venture. The painting is oil-on-canvas, and it’s not the only painting Leutze made. The first version of this painting was damaged by a fire, and the second painting, which is a full-sized replica of the first, was begun shortly after the first version was damaged.
This romantic style painting showcases the drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence on June 28th, 1776, commonly thought to be the signing, which took place at a later date. In this painting, five men present a draft of the declaration to Congress. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin were painted from memory. John never met Robert Livingston or Roger Sherman, but they are also prominently featured in the painting. Several other members of the Congress are featured in the background.