When Thomas Titchmarsh was born about 1758, in Barrington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Titchmarsh, was 29 and his mother, Emma Jude, was 27. He married Elizabeth Colman on 5 December 1780, in Barrington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He died in December 1828, in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71, and was buried in Barrington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
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"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."
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English: locative name from Titchmarsh (Northants), which is recorded as Titemerse in 1206. The surname became associated by folk etymology with the word titmouse (Middle English titmose), denoting a small songbird. There may have been some confusion with Tidmarsh .
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