Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Scott was born in 1770, in Cowpen, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Scot, was 20 and her mother, Elisabeth Thompson, was 21. She married John Cobb on 7 December 1799, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lesbury, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in 1858, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, at the age of 88.
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- Jane Cobb, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Jane Scot, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jane Cobb, "England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920"
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1770 · Boston Tea Party
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the "shot heard around the world" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England.
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.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’, the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott, possibly also Old Norse Skotr), only certainly attested in northern England.
English: variant of Scutt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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