Brief Life History of Joshua
Joshua Hilton was born on 12 April 1714, in Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Dorothy Revel on 18 December 1739. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1739.
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- Joshua, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
- Joshua, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
- Joshua, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire):
habitational name from any of various places called Hilton (e.g. in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, North Yorkshire, and Westmorland), most of which derive from Old English hyll ‘hill’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some come from Old English helde ‘slope’ + tūn.
occasionally, as in the case of Ralph filius Hilton (Yorkshire 1219), perhaps from the personal name Hilton, itself a possible form of Norman Hildun, composed of the ancient Germanic elements hild ‘strife, battle’ + hūn ‘bear cub’. Compare Hilt . This English surname is present in Ireland (mainly taken to Ulster in the early 17th century, though recorded earlier in Dublin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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