Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Ovington was born on 30 October 1729, in Brancepeth, Durham, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Ovington, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Metcalf, was 36. She married John Wood in 1750. They were the parents of at least 4 sons.
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Sources (16)
- Jane Ovington, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jane Ovington, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Jane Wood, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
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World Events (4)
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (Durham):
habitational name from Ovington (Durham). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wulfa + connective -ing- + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
possibly a variant of Ovenden, a habitational name perhaps derived from Ovingdean (Sussex) or Ovenden (Yorkshire). The placename Ovingdean derives from the Old English personal name Ofa or Ūfa + the Old English group name suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English denu ‘valley’. The placename Ovenden derives from Old English ofen ‘furnace’ or ofan, ufan ‘over, above’ + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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