Brief Life History of James Watson
When Captain James Watson Hull was born on 11 July 1758, in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, his father, Anthony Hull, was 37 and his mother, Alice Watson, was 34. He married Sophia Hollanby on 20 November 1783, in Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 5 April 1831, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 72.
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- James Watson Hull in entry for James Watson Hull, "United Kingdom, British India Office, Births and Baptisms, 1712-1965"
- James Watsons Hull in entry for Sophia Hull, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
- James Watson Hull, Esq in entry for R Z Mudge, Capt, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
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1798
Battle of Antrim.
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.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Hulle, a pet form of Hugh or of its common diminutives Hulin, Hulot (see Hewlett and Huling ).
English: in southwest England and the west and central Midlands sometimes a topographical or habitational name for someone who lived on or by a hill (Middle English atte hulle, from Old English hyll), or from a place with this name. However, this word and the derived names will have usually assumed the standard form Hill in modern times, as in the case of Hill (Gloucestershire), which was usually spelt Hull or Hulle during the Middle Ages. Hull with this origin was also once the name of two other places, now lost, one in Great Budworth (Cheshire), and the other in Inkpen (Berkshire). See also Hell .
English: perhaps a habitational name from Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire, which takes its name from the river Hull (perhaps related to Danish hul ‘hole, hollow’, or perhaps a British name based on the root seul- ‘mud’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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