Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Watson was born in December 1782, his father, John Watson, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Satchell, was 35.
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Sources (2)
- Jacob Watson, "England, Northamptonshire, Non-conformist Records, 1840-1894"
- Jacob Watson, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
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World Events (8)
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
Scottish, English, and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’, a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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