When William Alderman I was born in 1640, in Belstead, Suffolk, England, his father, Thomas Alderman, was 20 and his mother, Alice Williams, was 20. He married Mary Case on 30 March 1678, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 1 August 1697, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 57.
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A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
Settled 1645
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
English (southern): status name from Middle English alderman, Old English ealdorman, literally ‘elder’. Before the Norman Conquest this term denoted a high official with authority over a district; by the 12th century it had come to denote a member of the governing body of a city or borough, or the governor of a craft guild.
Americanized form of German Aldermann: variant of Altermann (see Alterman ), a cognate of 1 above.
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