Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Truscott was christened on 1 September 1768, in St Stephen, Cornwall, England, his father, Thomas Truscott, was 42 and his mother, Ann Geach, was 34. He married Mary Hooper on 10 August 1794, in St Neot, Cornwall, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1806, in St Neot, Cornwall, England, at the age of 38, and was buried in St Neot, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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- Thomas Truscott, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Stephens, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Ann Truscott, widow, of St Stephen in Brannel. Original wills, administrations and inventories for the Consistorial Court of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
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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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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
Cornish (Cornwall and Devon): habitational name from Truscott in the parish of Saint Stephen by Launceston (Cornwall). The placename probably derives from Middle Cornish dres ‘across, beyond’ + cos ‘wood’ (Old Cornish cuit).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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