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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- 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"
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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.
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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