Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Baxendale was born in 1781, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, her father, William Baxandale, was 27 and her mother, Rachel Mort, was 27. She married Charles Heyes on 15 November 1801, in St Mary the Virgin's Church, Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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- Ellen Baxandale, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen Raxendace, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Ellen in entry for Alice Heys, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Baxenden, a habitational name from a place near Accrington, which is named with an unattested Old English word bæcstān ‘bakestone’ (a flat stone on which bread was baked) + denu ‘valley’. Middle English dale was sometimes substituted for Old English denu in northern placenames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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