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See also:STIRLING, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:ALEXANDER, (titular) See also:EARL OF (1726—1783) , See also:American soldier, was See also:born in New See also:York See also:City. He was the son of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Alexander (1690—1756), at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time surveyor-See also:general of New York and New See also:Jersey, a noted colonial lawyer who was disbarred for a See also:year for his conduct of the See also:defence in the famous trial of See also:John See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Zenger. William served first as See also:commissary and then as aide-de-See also:camp to See also:Governor William See also:Shirley at the beginning of the See also:French and See also:Indian See also:War, and in 1756 he accompanied Shirley to See also:England, where he was persuaded to claim the earldom of Stirling (see above). In 1759 an See also:Edinburgh See also:jury declared him to be the nearest See also:heir to the last earl of Stirling, and in 1761 he returned to See also:America and assumed the See also:title, although the See also:House of Lords in 1762 forbade him to use it until he had proved his legal right. Soon after his return to America he settled at Basking See also:Ridge, New Jersey, and became a member of the New Jersey Provincial See also:Council and surveyor-general of the See also:colony. Warmly espousing the colonial cause at the outbreak of the War of See also:Independence, he was appointed in See also:November 1775 See also:colonel of the first See also:regiment of See also:continental troops raised in New Jersey, and in the following See also:January distinguished himself by the See also:capture of an armed See also:British transport in New York See also:Bay. In See also:March he became brigadier-general, and for some time was in command at New York and supervised the fortification of the city and See also:harbour. At the See also:battle of See also:Long See also:Island he was taken prisoner, but was soon afterward exchanged, and in See also:February 1777 became a See also:major-general. He participated in the battles of Trenton, See also:Princeton, See also:Brandywine and See also:Germantown, and especially
distinguished himself at See also:Monmouth. He took an active See also:part in ladies viewed the jousts in the Valley. Adjoining the See also:cemetery exposing the See also:Conway See also:Cabal, presided over the See also:court-See also:martial on the See also:south is Greyfriars, the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, also called, since of General See also:Charles See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee, and enjoyed the confidence of Washing- the See also:Reformation (1656), when it was divided into two places ton to an unusual degree. In See also:October 1781 he took command of See also:worship, the See also:East and See also:West churches. See also:David I. is believed of the See also:northern See also:department at See also:Albany to check an expected to have founded (about 1130) an earlier church on their site invasion from See also:Canada. He died at Albany on the 15th of dedicated to the See also:Holy See also:Rood, or See also:Cross, which was burned in January 1783. He was a member of the See also:board of See also:governors of 1406. The church was rebuilt soon afterwards and possibly See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:College (now See also:Columbia University) and was himself some portions of the preceding structure were incorporated in devoted to the study of See also:mathematics and See also:astronomy. the See also:nave. The See also:choir (the East church) was added in 1494 by
See W. A. Duer, " See also:Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling," James IV., and the See also:apse a few years later by James See also:Beaton, in vol. ii. of the Collections of the New Jersey See also:Historical Society (New See also:archbishop of St See also:Andrews, or his See also:nephew, See also:Cardinal David Beaton. York, 1847).
End of Article: STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
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