Mary Lees

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Lees was born on 25 January 1784, her father, Joseph Lees, was 43 and her mother, Mary Hudson, was 35.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Lees
1742–1788
Mary Hudson
1749–1798
Alice Lees
1771–
Sarah Lees
1772–
Sarah Lees
1772–1773
Sarah Lees
1775–1838
Joseph Lees
1775–
Nancy Lees
1776–
Ann Lees
1778–
Samuel Lees
1781–
Mary Lees
1784–
Thomas Lees
1787–1847
William Lees
1788–

Sources (2)

  • Mary Lees, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Lees, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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World Events (8)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields, arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee ), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture, meadow’ (Old English lǣs).

English: habitational name fromLeece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from OldEnglish lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural oflēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably namedwith a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall, court, the principalhouse in a district’.

English: variant of Leece 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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