Brief Life History of William
When William Beaumont was born on 12 February 1748, in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Nicholas Beaumont, was 34 and his mother, Anne Hopwood, was 34. He married Isabelle Smith on 31 July 1774, in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 15 November 1809, in his hometown, at the age of 61.
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- William Beamon, "England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910"
- W'M Beamond in entry for Mary Beamond, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Wm. Beamond in entry for Mary Beamond, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Gilles, Gaetan, Honore, Jacques, Jean-Guy, Marcel.
English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of the five places in Normandy or several others elsewhere in France so named. The placename comes from Old French beu, bel ‘fair, lovely’ + mont ‘hill’. There are also places in England so named under Norman influence in Cumberland, Lancashire, and Essex, the last of which changed its name in the 12th century from Fulepet ‘foul pit’ to Bealmont ‘beautiful hill’; these may also have given rise to the surname. The surname is now widespread throughout England, but most common in Yorkshire. Compare Belmont .
History: Many English bearers of this surname are descended from Henry de Beaumont (died 1340), who came to England from France as a soldier, serving Kings Edward I, II, and III of England. He acquired the earldom of Buchan in Scotland by marriage. — Many American bearers of this surname are descendants of John Beaumont (1612–47), who came to North America from England in 1630. William Beaumont came from England to Cambridge MA in 1635 and subsequently moved to CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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