In or before 1698 [his father] John Major and [his mother] Elizabeth Tennant were married.
On 17th May 1698 John Major 1st Baronet was born to John Major and Elizabeth Tennant at Bridlington.
In 1709 [his father] John Major died at sea.
In 1724 John Major 1st Baronet [aged 25] and Elizabeth Dale were married.
In 1731 [his daughter] Elizabeth Major Duchess of Chandos was born to John Major 1st Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Elizabeth Dale. She married 1767 Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos, son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos and Mary Lake.
In 1747 [his son-in-law] John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker [aged 22] and [his daughter] Anne Major Baroness Henniker were married.
In 1755 John Major 1st Baronet [aged 56] was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.
In 1761 John Major 1st Baronet [aged 62] was elected unopposed MP Scarborough which set he held until 1768 when he was defeated. He did not stand for Parliament again.
On 5th May 1765 John Major 1st Baronet [aged 66] was created 1st Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk with a special remainder to his son-in-law John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker [aged 40].
In 1767 [his son-in-law] Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos [aged 58] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Major Duchess of Chandos [aged 36] were married. She by marriage Duchess Chandos. The difference in their ages was 22 years. He the son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos and Mary Lake.
In 1780 [his wife] Elizabeth Dale died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Before 22nd February 1781 John Major 1st Baronet [aged 82] was appointed Director of the South Sea Company.
On 22nd February 1781 John Major 1st Baronet [aged 82] died. His son-in-law John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker [aged 56] succeeded 2nd Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk in accordance with the special remainder added at the creation.
[his daughter] Anne Major Baroness Henniker was born to John Major 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Dale. She married 1747 John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker and had issue.
father: John Major
Grandfather: Reverend Richard Tennant 
mother: Elizabeth Tennant