Brief Life History of Catherine Mary
When Catherine Mary Catt was christened on 1 November 1667, in Brede, Sussex, England, her father, John Catt, was 27 and her mother, Clemence Jarvice, was 31. She married John Nicholas Furner on 29 April 1690, in Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 22 December 1745, in Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Catt - Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth: 1 November 1667; Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
1720 · South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
Name Meaning
English (Sussex and Kent): nickname from Middle English c(h)at ‘cat’ (Old English catt, Norman and Picard Old French cat, Parisian Old French chat). The word is found in similar forms in most European languages from very early times (e.g. Gaelic cath, Old Slavic kotъ). Domestic cats were unknown in Europe in classical times, when weasels fulfilled many of their functions, for example in hunting rodents. They seem to have come from Egypt, where they were regarded as sacred animals.
English: occasionally, perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English female personal name Cat, a pet form of Catelin ‘Catherine’. See Catlin . Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Cat(te) or Chat(te), a survival of Old C(e)atta, which is well attested in placenames.
Americanized form of North German Katt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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