Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Duce was born before 18 June 1758, in Heather, Leicestershire, England, her father, Thomas Duce, was 28 and her mother, Hannah Washington, was 11755. She married William Mottershead on 25 July 1778, in Leek, Staffordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Sarah Duce, Marriage "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- Sarah in entry for Hannah Mottershead, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- Sarah Duce, Marriage Record "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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World Events (7)
1770 · Boston Tea Party
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the "shot heard around the world" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England.
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: variant of Dowse , a nickname from Middle English douce, dowce ‘sweet, pleasant’ (Old French dolz, dous, later doux). The name was sometimes used as a woman's personal name and occasionally used for a man. Alternatively, the name may arise from the Middle English personal name Douce, occasionally male but mostly female, borrowed from Old French Douce (from Latin Dulcia, derived from Latin dulcis ‘sweet’). The variant Duce is mostly pronounced to rhyme with loose, in contrast with Dowse, mostly pronounced to rhyme with house.
Italian: nickname from duce ‘leader, chief’, from Latin dux.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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