Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Summerhays was christened on 15 September 1758, in Stockland, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Summerhays, was 23 and her mother, Mary Moor, was 24.
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- Mary, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary (twin) 1758 Christening at Stockland
- Mary Somerhays, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
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 (Somerset): habitational name apparently from Summerhayes in Upottery (Devon), which probably means ‘enclosure of a person named Summer’, from the surname Summer + Middle English heie ‘enclosure’ (genitive heies). Place-names of this type, with the name of a person + -hayes, are found throughout Devon.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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