Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Fretwell was born about 1761, in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Fretwell, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Davis, was 23. He married Esther Leabeter on 11 March 1787, in Ilkeston Circuit, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 28 April 1838, in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Sam Fretwell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Samuel Fretwell, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Saml Fretwell, "England and Wales, Index to Death Duty Registers, 1796-1903"
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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 (of Norman origin): variant of the Norman surname de Frescheville, from an unidentified place in France named Frècheville. The English surname Freshfield is also derived from this placename. The surname Fretwell is attested in Derbyshire from the 13th century. Alternative possibilities include minor placenames in the Midlands or north of England, such as Fretwell Close in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, or the lost Frethewell in Morton, Nottinghamshire, but there is currently no evidence to support these origins.
English: habitational name from Fritwell, Oxfordshire, which is possibly derived from Old English freht, fyrht, firht ‘augury,’ and w(i)elle ‘well’, meaning ‘wishing well’. This name is recorded as Fretewell in 1203, and Fritewell in 1236.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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