Brief Life History of John
When John Grove was born in 1767, in West Cranmore, Somerset, England, his father, Isaac Grove, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Gulliford, was 17. He married Elizabeth Harding on 5 July 1792, in West Cranmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 26 September 1808, in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 41, and was buried in West Cranmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Grove, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
- John Grove in entry for Betty Harding, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
- John Grove, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
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World Events (6)
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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a grove or thicket, from Middle English grove, Old English grāf, or a habitational name from any of various places so named.
English (of French Huguenot origin): Anglicized form of French Le Groux (see Groux ) or Le Greux.
German: northern variant of Grob .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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