When Charlotte Padfield was born in 1761, in Guilford, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph PADFIELD, was 27 and her mother, Mary Lodge, was 25. She married Lewis Tadlock on 19 June 1788, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1794, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 33.
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Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.
On October 25, 1774, the Edenton Tea Party took place. It was the first organized women's protest. They put their cups down and refused to buy any tea.
Many people believe that North Carolina was the first state to declare independence from England with the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775.
English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire (or some other minor place with the same name), named in Old English with the personal name Pad(d)a or padde ‘toad’ + feld ‘open country, field’. Alternatively, the surname may be topographic, from Middle English pad(e) ‘toad, frog’ + feld, for someone who lived at or by a place frequented by toads or frogs.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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