Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Grimmett was born about 1757, in Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Grimmett, was 32 and her mother, Mary Durbridg, was 26. 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 100.
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- John Lea, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Lea in the Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538
- Mary Lea, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"
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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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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:
(West Midlands): from the Middle English male personal name Grimbald (see Grimble ) becoming, through French, Grimaud, Grimet. Alternatively, from a diminutive of Grim, a pet form of Grimbald (see Grimble ).
from a Middle English personal name Grimwald representing Old Norse Grímólfr ‘fierce’ + ‘wolf’ through the substitution of the French suffix -aud.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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