William Sands

Male1687–

Brief Life History of William

When William Sands was born in 1687, in Mayfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Sands, was 37 and his mother, Hannah Baker, was 34.

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Thomas Sands
1650–1704
Hannah Baker
1654–1687
Nicolas Sands
1676–
Thomas Sands
1679–1735
Hannah Sands
1685–
Mary Sands
1685–1755
Ann Sands
1686–
William Sands
1687–

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  • Legacy NFS Source: William Sands - Church record: birth-name: William Sands

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Siblings (6)

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1801 · The Act of Union

Age 114

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.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English sandes ‘sands’, for someone who lived at or near a sandy place, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Sands in Carlisle (Cumberland) or Sands Cottages in West Hoathly (Sussex). See Sand , of which Sands may sometimes be a plural form or a variant, with excrescent -s. Compare also Sandes and Sandys .

History: Comfort Sands, a revolutionary patriot born in 1748 at what is now Sands’ Point, Long Island, NY, was descended from James Sand(y)s (1622–95), who emigrated from Reading, Berkshire, England, to Plymouth, MA, and followed Anne Hutchinson to Westchester County, NY, and subsequently RI. In 1661 he settled on Block Island, RI.

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

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