When Thomas Evelyn was born about 1551, in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir George Raymond Montpesson de Evelyn Oxford Alum, was 22 and his mother, Rose Williams, was 22. He married Frances Harvey in 1589, in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters.
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The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
England established its first colony in North America in 1585 as a way to generate additional wealth. The colony was named Virginia, after the virgin Queen Elizabeth I.
English: from an unrecorded Middle English female personal name Evelin(e), a double diminutive of Eve . Sometimes this surname was a variant of (or confused with) the surname Aveline, which is from the Middle English and Old French female personal name Avelin(e), either a double diminutive of ancient Germanic Ava, or of Old French and Middle English Avice (see Avis ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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