When Mary Jex was born about 1767, in Neatishead, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Jex, was 32 and her mother, Hannah Cubitt, was 32. She had at least 1 daughter with Cornelius Knights. She died in 1862, at the age of 96.
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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.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): variant of Jacks .
German: perhaps a patronymic from the personal name Jeck . Compare Jax .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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