When Elizabeth Otter was born on 2 April 1737, in Laneham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Dennis Otter, was 28 and her mother, Mary Wright, was 25. She married Thomas Roberts on 11 February 1765, in Markham Clinton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 1 January 1826, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ragnall, Nottinghamshire, England.
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Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.
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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Horst, Johannes, Kurt, Monika, Otto, Wilhelm.
English, German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for an otter hunter, or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling an otter, from Middle English, Middle High German oter, Middle Dutch otter, German Otter ‘otter’. The Jewish surname can be artificial.
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with ōd ‘possession’ + hāri ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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