Samuel Wainwright

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Wainwright was christened on 5 February 1716, in Shirland, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Wainwright, was 30 and his mother, Mrs Sarah Wainwright, was 38. He married Sarah North on 25 April 1732, in North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Wainwright
1716–
Sarah North
1708–
Marriage: 25 April 1732
John Wainwright
1732–1796
Mary Wainwright
1747–1751
Sarah Wainwright
1736–1736
Samuel Wainwright
1737–
Sarah Wainwright
1740–
Hannah Wainwright
1744–
Charles Wainwright
1751–
Betty Wainwright
1751–
Mary Wainwright
1756–
Mariam Wainwright
1762–
James Wainwright
1765–

Sources (28)

  • Samuel Wainwright, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Samuel Wainwright, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Saml Wainwright in entry for Mary Wainwright, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"

World Events (3)

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 (Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire): occupational name for a maker of carts or wagons, from Middle English wain-wright ‘wagon-builder, cart-maker’ (Old English wægn-wyrhta).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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