James Habgood was born in 1764, in West Parley, Dorset, England as the son of John Habgood and Melior Frampton. He married Jane Hodnett on 10 November 1796, in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He was buried in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
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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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.
"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."
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English: nickname from Old English habban + gōd ‘may he have good’, applied as a nickname for someone who habitually used this expression. Compare John Havejoy ‘may he have joy’, 1523 in Subsidy Rolls (Kent); John Havelove ‘may he have love’, 1259 in Henry III Building Accounts .
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