BenGen Info Complete Index Genealogy Page
Blish Genealogy Formatting, Timeline Concept and Structure, Database Source and Structure
are all copyright © 1999-2006 Charles Benjamin Blish
Genealogy data is free of copyright restrictions

504_c1_sa
William Hontz Needham 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born No Entry No Image On File
Birthplace No Entry
Baptized No Entry
Baptized at... No Entry
Baptized by... No Entry
Baptized in... No Entry
Occupation(s) No Entry
Died November 13th, 1884
Died at... No Entry
Cause of Death No Entry
Burial Place No Entry
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [504_c1_sa_f]Lieut. Gov. ? Needham 7 No Image On File
Mother [504_c1_sa_m]? (?) Needham 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[504_c1] - Ella Clay (Moore) Spencer 8

Married by: No Entry
Married at: No Entry

Children by this spouse:
No Records of Children
No Image On File

Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
William Hontz NeedhamLieut. Gov. ? NeedhamNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo Entry
No Entry
? (?) NeedhamNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo EntryNo Entry
No Entry
No EntryNo Entry
No Entry

Personalized History Timeline, 1784 to 1884
1231-1808:
Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 24
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 50
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 36
1784:
Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 0
1786:
The Dollar is adopted at age 2
1786:
First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 2
1787:
Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 3
1787:
Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 3
1787:
Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 3
1787:
New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 3
1788:
Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 4
1788:
Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 4
1788:
New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 4
1788:
South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 4
1788:
New York enters the union - 11th at age 4
1788:
Constitution goes into effect at age 4
1788:
Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 4
1788:
Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 4
1788:
Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 4
1789:
US Army Established at age 5
1789-1796:
George Washington selected 1st President from age 5 to age 12
1789:
North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 5
1790:
Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 6
1790:
Coast Guard Established at age 6
1790:
1st official US census at age 6
1791:
Vermont enters the union -14th at age 7
1791:
Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 7
1792:
Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 8
1792:
Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 8
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from age 8 to age 31
1793:
Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 9
1793:
Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 9
1794:
Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 10
1794:
US Post Office Established at age 10
1794:
US Navy Established at age 10
1796:
Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 12
1796:
Vaccination against Smallpox at age 12
1796:
France's presses get right of free speech at age 12
1796-1800:
John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 12 to age 16
1798:
US Marine Corps Established at age 14
1798:
Mississippi organized as a territory at age 14
1798-1800:
Undeclared war with France from age 14 to age 16
1798:
Lithography at age 14
1799:
Rosetta Stone found at age 15
1800:
Russia annexes Georgia at age 16
1800:
US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 16
1800:
1st Battery (Volta) at age 16
1800-1809:
Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 16 to age 25
1802:
Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 18
1803:
Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 19
1803:
Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 19
1803:
Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 19
1804:
Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 20
1804-1806:
Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 20 to age 22
1805:
Morphine isolated at age 21
1805:
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 21
1807:
Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 23
1808:
Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 24
1808:
Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 24
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from age 25 to age 32
1809:
Charles Darwin born at age 25
1810:
Homeopathy founded at age 26
1810:
US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 26
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 28
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 28
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 28 to age 30
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 31
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 31
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 31
1816:
Stethoscope at age 32
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 32
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 32
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 33 to age 40
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 33 to age 41
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 33
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 33
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 33 to age 39
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 33
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 34
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 34
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 35
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 35
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 35
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 36 to age 46
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 36
1821:
1st US women's college at age 37
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 37
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 37 to age 45
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 37
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 38
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 40
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 40 to age 44
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 40
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 42
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 43
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 43
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 43
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 44
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 44
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 44 to age 52
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 45
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 45 to age 67
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 46 to age 53
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 46
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 46 to age 76
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 48
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 49
1833:
Telegraph at age 49
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 50
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 51
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 51 to age 58
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 51
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 52
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 52
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 52
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 53
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 53
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 53 to age 56
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 53 until after line end
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 54 to age 55
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 55 to age 58
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 57 to age 60
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 58
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 60
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 61 to age 64
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 61
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 61 to age 65
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 61
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 62
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 62 to age 64
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 64
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 64
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 64 to age 72
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 64
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 65 to age 68
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 65
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 66
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 66
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 66
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 66
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 66
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 67
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 68 to age 75
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 69 to age 72
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 69
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 70 to age 72
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 70
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 70
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 73 to age 82
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 73 to age 76
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 73
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 74
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 74
1859:
Oil Well at age 75
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 75
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 75
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 76
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 76
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 77
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 77
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 77 to age 81
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 77
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 77
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 77 to age 81
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 77 to age 81
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 77
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 77
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 77
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 77
1862:
US Homestead act at age 78
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 79
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 79 to age 95
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 79
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 79
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 79
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 79
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 80
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 80
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 81
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 81
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 81
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 82 to age 84
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 82
1867:
Dynamite at age 83
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 83
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 83
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 83
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 83
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 84 to age 94
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 85
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 85
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 85
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 85
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 85 to age 92
1870:
US black men can vote at age 86
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 86 to age 87
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 86
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 87
1873:
Color Photographs at age 89
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 89 to age 94
1876:
American Centennial at age 92
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 92
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 92
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 92
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 93 to age 96
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 93
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 94
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 95
1879:
Zulu war at age 95
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 97
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 97 until after line end
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 97 until after line end
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 97
1884:
Motorcycle at age 100
1884:
1st subway at age 100

Additional Information
No additional information on file.


Blish Genealogy Formatting, Timeline Concept and Structure, Database Source and Structure
are all copyright © 1999-2006 Charles Benjamin Blish
Genealogy data is free of copyright restrictions
Generated by BenGen V0.R32