Johannes Spickerman1756–?
- Name
- Johannes Spickerman
- Given names
- Johannes
- Surname
- Spickerman
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- James …
- Given names
- James
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- John …
- Given names
- John
| Birth | 19 February 1756 35 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA |
| Christening | 26 February 1758 (Age 2) Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA |
| Marriage | Margaret "Mary" "Maria" Dekker - View family |
| Occupation | Farmer
Note:
As a result of his service during the Revolutionary War, John Spickerman was awarded a land bounty o…
As a result of his service during the Revolutionary War, John Spickerman was awarded a land bounty of 700 acres on Rossman Hill located in what then was the Town of Middleburgh (Fulton was not formed until 1828) in Schoharie County. As of June 2003 it was not known when John was awarded that land, but it may be the reason he was settled in Schoharie County by the year 1820.
John Spickerman was an early settler in Fulton in 1820 ("Early Settlers of Schoharie County", by Henry Cady).
The 1820 census index lists John "Spikerman" and Peter "Spikerman", both in the Town of Middleburgh, page 221. |
| Australian History | 1770 (Age 13) Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one. |
| Marriage | Maria "Polly" Laurentz - View family 2 December 1783 (Age 27) Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Note: (Church records) |
| Birth of a son #1 | 23 December 1788 (Age 32)
son -
Peter Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1788 (Age 31) Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island. |
| Christening of a son | 6 January 1789 (Age 32) Germantown, Columbia, New York, USA
son -
Peter Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1790 (Age 33) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
| Australian History | 1792 (Age 35) Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe. |
| Australian History | 1797 (Age 40) Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia. |
| Australian History | 1798 (Age 41) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 9 March 1800 (Age 44) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
daughter -
Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
|
| Christening of a daughter | 13 April 1800 (Age 44) Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
daughter -
Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
|
| Birth of a son #3 | 15 February 1802 (Age 45)
son -
John Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1803 (Age 46) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | about 1804 (Age 47)
daughter -
… Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1804 (Age 47) Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins. |
| Birth of a son #5 | 28 November 1806 (Age 50)
son -
Garret Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1808 (Age 51) Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 60) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland' |
| Australian History | 1818 (Age 61) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Hannah Spickerman - View family 18 March 1820 (Age 64)
son-in-law -
James Holmes
daughter -
Hannah Spickerman
|
| Death of a daughter | 1820 (Age 63)
daughter -
… Spickerman
|
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 8 March 1823 (Age 67)
grandson -
Edward Spickerman
|
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1824 (Age 67)
grandson -
George Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 67) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 68) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | about September 1826 (Age 70)
grandson -
Riley Spickerman
|
| Marriage of a daughter | Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman - View family 1827 (Age 70) Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA
son-in-law -
George Wilson Potts
daughter -
Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | 13 May 1828 (Age 72) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
granddaughter -
Maria Potts
|
| Christening of a granddaughter | 8 June 1828 (Age 72) Reformed Church, Linlithgo, Columbia, New York, USA
granddaughter -
Maria Potts
|
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 10 August 1828 (Age 72)
grandson -
Eli Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 71) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 11 July 1829 (Age 73)
granddaughter -
Jane Spickerman
|
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 8 November 1829 (Age 73) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
grandson -
Robert Alvin Potts
|
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 72) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 73) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 74) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | 15 July 1832 (Age 76) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
grandson -
Herman Thorne Potts
|
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 75) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a son | Garret Spickerman - View family 10 October 1833 (Age 77) Albany, Albany, New York, USA
son -
Garret Spickerman
daughter-in-law -
Deborah Ann Wiltsie
|
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 76) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 78) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 1836 (Age 79)
grandson -
John Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 79) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | 1838 (estimated) (Age 81) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
granddaughter -
Elizabeth Jane Potts
|
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 81) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | 1839 (Age 82)
grandson -
Almeron Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 82) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 83) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | 1841 (Age 84)
granddaughter -
Romelia Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 84) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 85) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 86) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | 28 January 1844 (Age 87) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
grandson -
George Potts
|
| Birth of a grandson #14 | 1844 (Age 87)
grandson -
Myron Spickerman
|
| Death of a grandson | 31 December 1844 (Age 88) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
grandson -
George Potts
|
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 88) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Death of a grandson | 18 July 1847 (Age 91)
grandson -
Riley Spickerman
|
| Death of a daughter | about September 1847 (Age 91)
daughter -
Hannah Spickerman
|
| Marriage of a grandson | George Spickerman - View family 29 March 1848 (Age 92)
grandson -
George Spickerman
grandson's wife -
Nancy M. Adams
|
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Jane Spickerman - View family 21 October 1849 (Age 93)
granddaughter's husband -
Clark Wilday
granddaughter -
Jane Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 93) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | 1851 (Age 94)
grandson -
Frederick A. Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 94) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 96) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | 1854 (Age 97)
granddaughter -
Florence Victoria, Australia Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 97) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Marriage of a grandson | Herman Thorne Potts - View family 8 November 1855 (Age 99) Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
grandson -
Herman Thorne Potts
grandson's wife -
Nancy J. Bacon
|
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 98) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Robert Alvin Potts - View family 29 January 1856 (Age 99) Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
grandson -
Robert Alvin Potts
grandson's wife -
Elizabeth Reynold
|
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 99) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | 1857 (Age 100)
grandson -
Chas. Edward Spickerman
|
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 100) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Death of a granddaughter | 5 January 1858 (Age 101) Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
granddaughter -
Maria Potts
|
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 101) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 102) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 103) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
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| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Abraham Spickerman
Birth 18 April 1720 Death yes Loading...
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| mother |
Elizabeth Richter
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| #1 himself |
Johannes Spickerman
Birth 19 February 1756 35 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes Loading...
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Abraham Spickerman
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Marriage: yes |
| Family with Margaret "Mary" "Maria" Dekker - View family |
| himself |
Johannes Spickerman
Birth 19 February 1756 35 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes Loading...
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22 years wife |
Margaret "Mary" "Maria" Dekker
Birth 1778 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 daughter |
Elizabeth "Betsey" Spickerman
Birth 9 March 1800 44 22 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death 20 December 1876 (Age 76) Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Loading...
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| #2 daughter |
Hannah Spickerman
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| #3 son |
John Spickerman
Birth 15 February 1802 45 24 Death 17 May 1871 (Age 69) Loading...
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23 months #4 daughter |
… Spickerman
Birth about 1804 47 26 Death 1820 (Age 16) Loading...
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3 years #5 son |
Garret Spickerman
Birth 28 November 1806 50 28 Death 20 September 1894 (Age 87) Loading...
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| Family with Maria "Polly" Laurentz - View family |
| himself |
Johannes Spickerman
Birth 19 February 1756 35 Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA Death yes Loading...
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Marriage: 2 December 1783 — Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA |
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5 years #1 son |
Peter Spickerman
Birth 23 December 1788 32 Death yes Loading...
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| Occupation | As a result of his service during the Revolutionary War, John Spickerman was awarded a land bounty of 700 acres on Rossman Hill located in what then was the Town of Middleburgh (Fulton was not formed until 1828) in Schoharie County. As of June 2003 it was not known when John was awarded that land, but it may be the reason he was settled in Schoharie County by the year 1820.
John Spickerman was an early settler in Fulton in 1820 ("Early Settlers of Schoharie County", by Henry Cady).
The 1820 census index lists John "Spikerman" and Peter "Spikerman", both in the Town of Middleburgh, page 221. |
| Australian History | English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one. |
| Marriage | (Church records) |
| Marriage | (Church records) |
| Australian History | The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
| Australian History | Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. |
| Australian History | Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia. |
| Australian History | 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Australian History | Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Australian History | A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen. |
| Australian History | The Rum Rebellion |
| Australian History | John Oxley charts the Lachlan River |
| Australian History | Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. |
| Australian History | New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. |
| Australian History | Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Australian History | The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. |
| Australian History | Western Australia becomes a penal colony. |
| Australian History | Victoria separates from New South Wales. |
| Australian History | Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. |
| Australian History | Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. |
| Australian History | Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. |
| Australian History | SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. |
| Australian History | John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
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