When William Barter was christened on 27 October 1754, in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Barter, was 32 and his mother, Mary Wilkins, was 21. He married Hannah " Ann" Smith on 31 March 1777, in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters.
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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.
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.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
English: unflattering nickname from Middle English baratour ‘brawler, wrangler; cheat, deceiver’ (Old French barateor, barateur).
Swiss German: occupational name for a maker of axes used by butchers and soldiers or knights, from Middle High German barte ‘axe’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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