When Robert Disney was born on 4 October 1751, in Suffolk, England, his father, Richard Disney, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Guinn, was 31. He married Mary Keppel on 2 February 1775, in Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in England, United Kingdom in 1751 and County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1808. He died on 28 August 1808, in Clonmelsh, County Carlow, Ireland, at the age of 56, and was buried in Clonmelsh, County Carlow, Ireland.
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Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.
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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name with fused French preposition d(e), for someone from Isigny in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Isinius (a Latinized form of Gaulish Isina) + the locative suffix -acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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