Brief Life History of Thomas Christy
When Thomas Christy Wakefield Esq. was born on 11 February 1772, in Tormohun, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Wakefield, was 27 and his mother, Hannah Christy, was 23. He married Jane Sandwith Goff about 1792, in Ireland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Tormohun, Devon, England in 1851. He died in April 1861, in Torquay, Devon, England, at the age of 89.
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- Thomas Wakefield, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Thomas Christie Wakefield, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
- Thos Christy Wakefield in entry for Jane Wakefield, "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996"
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World Events (8)
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.
1798
Battle of Antrim.
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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