Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Clear was christened on 8 June 1725, in East Preston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Clear, was 30 and his mother, Mary Hedger, was 27. He married Mary Albright on 3 December 1747, in Ferring, Sussex, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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- Thomas Cleer, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Clear, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Thomas Clear in entry for William Clear, "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910"
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World Events (4)
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.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (southeastern England, of Norman origin): from Clere, the French popular form of the personal name Clare 2, and possibly interchangeable with it or confused with it.
English (southeastern): probably a habitational name from clere, a component of several placenames in north Hampshire (Highclere, Burghclere, Kingsclere). This is probably from a Celtic stream name meaning ‘bright’ (cognate with Latin clarus ‘clear, bright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Klar 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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