Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Broughton was born in 1769, her father, Thomas Broughton, was 35 and her mother, Frances Wood, was 25. She married Thomas Abbot on 2 November 1794, in Gilmorton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 23 June 1816, at the age of 47.
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- Elizabeth Broughton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizabeth Broughton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Elizabeth in entry for Mary Abbott, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England called Broughton. The first element is variously Old English brōc ‘brook’, burg ‘fortress’, or beorg ‘hill, mound’; the second is in all cases Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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