When Mary Pigg was born in 1740, her father, John Pigg, was 39 and her mother, Martha Moor, was 24. She married Collin Potterill on 10 February 1765, in Anstey, Hertfordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters.
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Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.
"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."
English: nickname from Middle English pigge ‘pig’ (Old English picg(a)), hence a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or nickname for someone supposedly resembling a hog (see Hogg ).
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