Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Wakefield was born on 7 April 1769, in London, England, his father, Joseph Wakefield, was 24 and his mother, Hannah Christy, was 21. He married Marian Charlotte Watson on 27 August 1793, in Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1819, at the age of 50, and was buried in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.
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- Edward Wakefield, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edward Wakefield, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Edward Wakefield, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
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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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Wakefield in Yorkshire and from Wakefield Lawn in Potterspury (Northamptonshire). Both are named from the Old English personal name Waca or Old English wacu ‘wake, festival’ + feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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