Willem Gerritsz Plug

 

Willem Gerritszoon Plug

Born: 1707

- Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS


Married: Annetje Gijs Kulcks - 1 April 1731

- Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS


Children:

    Gerrit Willemszoon Plug (b. 1731  d. 17 Nov 1795)

    Sijbrecht Willemsdochter Plug (b. 1733  d. bef 1737)

    *Cornelis Willemszoon Plug (b. 1735  d. 21 Dec 1799)

    Sijbrecht Willemsdochter Plug (b. 1737)


Died: 1 Feb 1790

  1. -Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS


Parents:

  1. -Gerrit Claeszoon Plug (b. 1675  d. 1743 )

  2. -Sijbrechtje Jansdochter Hennevanger (b.1678  d.1730)

  3. -

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Historical Context:

- 1713: Treaty (and Peace) of Utrecht is signed among Spain, France, England, Portugal, Savoy and United Provinces of Netherlands

    ..Maritime provinces (of Canada), including Acadia (now Nova Scotia) from France to England. Acadian removal to Louisiana.

  1. -1717: Handel’s “Water Music” is played (for the first time) for George I

  2. -1736: John Harrison develops the Marine Chronometer

  3. -1741: Anders Celsius introduces the Centigrade temperature scale

  4. -1742: Premiere performance of Handel’s Messiah in Dublin Ireland

  5. -De Valk (windmill) is built in Leiden

  6. -1759: Wolfe (British) defeats Montcalm (French) at Quebec in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

  7. -1759: Mount Vesuvius erupts and destroys Pompeii

  8. -1763 - 1775: James Watt builds an improved Steam Engine marking the beginning of the Industrial Revolution

  9. -1768: King Carlos III of Spain sends Father Junipero Serra to California

  10. -1770: Captain Cook first sights Australia

  11. -1775 (to 1783) : American Revolutionary War

  12. -1776: Declaration of Independence (United States)

  13. -1777: El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe (San Jose CA) is founded as the first town in Neuva California

  14. -1778: Captain Cook discovers Maui

  15. -1783: Molson Breweries is founded in Montreal

  16. -1789: French Revolution

Battle of The Plains of Abraham

(Quebec City, 1759)

Treaty of Utrecht

(1713)

De Valk, Leiden

(built in 1753)