Mary Grimmett

about 1757–1856 (Age 99)
Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Grimmett was born about 1757, in Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Grimmett, was 31 and her mother, Mary Durbridg, was 25. She married George Lea Sr. on 8 January 1782, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1856, in Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England, at the age of 99.

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Family Time Line

George Lea Sr.
1757–
Mary Grimmett
1757–1856
Marriage: 8 January 1782
Sarah Lea
1782–1851
William Lea
1783–
Hannah Lea
1785–1806
George Lea Lee Jr.
1787–
Ann Lea
1789–
John Lea
1790–1821
Phoebe Lea
1792–
Thomas Lea
1797–
Elizabeth Lea
1797–1798

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 January 1782Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1770 · Boston Tea Party
    Age 13
    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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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
    Age 18
    "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
    Age 30
    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: from a pet form of a short form of any of the Germanic personal names beginning with grīm ‘mask’, ‘helmet’ ( see Grime ).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Grime

    Sources (17)

    • Mary in entry for Phebe Lea, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • Mary in entry for George Lee, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • Mary in entry for William Lea, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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