Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Westbrook was born in 1761, in Froyle, Hampshire, England, her father, Thomas Westbrook, was 30 and her mother, Mary Hall, was 26. She married William Reed on 15 July 1781, in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 19 December 1840, in Froyle, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79, and was buried in Froyle, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Hannah Westbrook, "England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Marriages, 1537-1930"
- Hannah Westbrook in entry for William Reed, "England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Marriages, 1537-1930"
- Hannah Westbrook, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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 (southeastern): habitational name from any of various places called Westbrook, for example in Berkshire, Kent, and the Isle of Wight, from Old English west ‘west, western’ + brōc ‘brook, stream’.
Americanized form of Dutch Westbroek: habitational name from a place so named near Utrecht.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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