When John Tidwell was born in 1635, in Menston, Yorkshire, England, his father, Robert Tidswall, was 30 and his mother, Marie Marsh, was 30. He died in 1658, in Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 23.
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A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
English: variant of Tideswell, a habitational name from Tideswell in Derbyshire, so named from the Old English personal name Tīdi + Old English wella ‘spring’. This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
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