Brief Life History of Elisha
When Elisha Aslett was born on 14 August 1763, in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Aslett, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Rawlins, was 22. He married Mary Ham on 22 October 1793, in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 13 July 1828, in his hometown, at the age of 64, and was buried in Corston, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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- Elisha Aslet & Mary Ham in the England, Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780-1837
- Elisha Aslatt, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elisha Pett in entry for Mary Ham Pett, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
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World Events (4)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French male personal name Ascelot, a pet form of ancient Germanic Azo + the double diminutive Old French suffix -elot. See Ace .
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