Brief Life History of James
When James Heath was born about 1766, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Heath, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Dann, was 26. He married Elizabeth Ann Daw on 14 October 1780, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1816, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 51, and was buried in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- James Heath, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- James Heath in entry for George, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"
- James in entry for George Heath, "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(on the) heath’ (Middle English he(a)th, Old English hǣth) or else a habitational name from any of numerous places called with this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in Dublin, Ireland, since the late 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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