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John Maddox
1688 - 1748
John Maddox was born about 1688 in an unknown place and died about 1748 somewhere in Virginia. He lived to be 60 years old.

He married Elizabeth W. Sherwood (1702-1772)
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12 1700 By the early 1700's, Virginia and Maryland have established a strong economic and social structure. The planters of the tidewater region, with abundant slave labor, have large houses, an aristocratic way of life, and a desire to follow the art and culture of Europe. Less wealthy German and Scots-Irish immigrants settle inland, populating the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia as well as the Appalachian Mountains. Those on the frontier build small cabins and cultivate corn and wheat.
32 1720 The population of American colonists reaches 475,000. Boston (pop. 12,000) is the largest city, followed by Philadelphia (pop. 10,000) and New York (pop. 7000)
42 1730 Map of US Colonies
44 1732 James Oglethorpe establishes the Georgia Colony in the new world. The new settlers form friendships with the Creek Indian Nation towns in this area. Georgia is the thirteen English colony to be settled.
59 1747 The New York Bar Association is founded in New York City
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1 1689 England's Bill of Rights created. European Nine Year's War begin and grows into a world-wide event. It ends in 1697.
2 1690 Ireland's Battle of Boyne
5 1693 National debt begins in England
10 1698 Tsar Peter the Great begins traveling Europe
13 1701 England's Act of Settlement created; War of Spanish Succession begins
19 1707 Scotland and England unite to form "Great Britain"
27 1715 War of Spanish Succession ends
50 1738 System of forced labor to build roads in France is devised by Jean Orry
55 1743 King George's War against North America and Caribbean begins
60 1748 King George's War against North America and Caribbean ends


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William Maddox
Born in New Kent, Virginia on January 11, 1719 and died in Goochland, Virginia on April 9, 1800. He was 81 years old.

His parents were John Maddox (1688-1748) and Elizabeth W. Sherwood (1702-1772)...
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