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Margaret Kemble was born in New Brunswick, Province of New Jersey, and lived in East Brunswick Township. [1] [2] [3] She was the daughter of Peter Kemble, a wealthy New Jersey businessman and politician, and Gertrude Bayard; the granddaughter of Judge Samuel Bayard (b. 1669) and Margaretta Van Cortlandt (b. 1674); and the great-granddaughter of Mayor of New York City Stephanus Van Cortlandt ...
Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (1777) – a matter of contemporary and historical controversy – and was blamed for ...
General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/19 – 2 April 1787) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his many years of service in North America, including serving as Commander-in-Chief, North America during the early days of the American Revolution.
Arnold's relationships with his wife Peggy Shippen and the British officer John André are focused on. The friction between Arnold and General Horatio Gates, portrayed near the beginning of the film (for example, in one scene when Arnold derisively refers to him as "Granny Gates"), was historically accurate. The movie points out that, before ...
Artemus Gates (1895–1976), American financier and Undersecretary of the Navy during World War II; George Gates (RAF officer) (1899-1975), British World War I flying ace; Horatio Gates (1726–1806), Revolutionary War American general; John Gates (courtier), 16th century English soldier and courtier; Julius W. Gates, onetime Sergeant Major of ...
Survivor of British Bill Gates’ superyacht disaster recounts struggle to save her baby—‘All I could hear around me was the screams of others’ Chloe Berger August 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Portrait of Horatio Gates by Gilbert Stuart. Horatio Gates' response to a letter from Burgoyne, which mentioned McCrea's death, was "widely reprinted".. When Burgoyne received news of McCrea's death, he went to the camp of Native American warriors accompanying his expedition and ordered that the culprit be delivered to him, threatening to have him executed.
LeVar Burton got hit with a one-two punch while tracing his family's ancestry on the Jan. 16 episode of PBS' hit series "Finding Your Roots.". Burton rose to fame as a child actor in the TV ...