Rachael Westwood

Brief Life History of Rachael

When Rachael Westwood was born about 1809, in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Beverly Westwood, was 34 and her mother, Ann Moore, was 34. She married William Monk on 3 April 1826, in Farnham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died in January 1832, at the age of 24, and was buried in Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

William Monk
1794–1859
Rachael Westwood
1809–1832
Marriage: 3 April 1826
George Monk
1827–
John Monk
1829–

Sources (4)

  • Rachel Monk in entry for George Monk, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
  • Rachel Monk in entry for John Monk, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
  • Rachel, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"

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World Events (4)

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

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: topographic name habitational name for someone who lived ‘by the west wood’ (Middle English west + wode), or who came from any of numerous places called Westwood (from Old English west ‘west’ + wudu ‘wood’), such as those in Kent, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, or Worcestershire.

History: William Westwood was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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