When Esther Sarah Bay was born on 19 November 1766, in Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Israel Debay, was 37 and her mother, Esther Goteer, was 38. She married James Price on 11 November 1787, in Stepney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She was buried in Christ Church Spitalfields, Middlesex, England.
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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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.
"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."
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.
English, French, and Walloon: nickname for someone with chestnut or auburn hair, from Middle English, Old French bay, bai ‘reddish brown’ (from Latin badius, used originally of horses).
English: from the Middle English personal name Baye, Old English Bēaga (masculine) or Bēage (feminine), both from bēag ‘ring’.
English: topographic name from Middle English bei ‘ring, bend’ (Old English bēag), used topographically for features such as river-bends.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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