When Margaret Birckhead was born on 3 April 1628, in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, her father, Christopher Birkhead III, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Anne Cornish, was 34. She died in 1711, in her hometown, at the age of 83.
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A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
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.
English: variant of English Birkett . Compare Birkhead , Burkhead .
Possibly an altered form ofGerman Birkert, a variant of Birkner .
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