Brief Life History of Betty
When Betty Appleton was born about 1785, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Appleton, was 24 and her mother, Mary Mills, was 23. She lived in Little Leigh, Cheshire, England in 1785 and Great Budworth, Cheshire, England in 1785.
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- Betty Appleton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Betty Appleton, "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900"
- Betty Appleton, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"
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World Events (7)
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England named Appleton, from Old English æppeltūn ‘orchard’ (literally ‘apple enclosure’). Apples were particularly important in the Middle Ages as a food for survival through the winter.
History: This surname was brought to North America in 1635 by Samuel Appleton, who migrated from Ipswich, England, to Ipswich, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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