Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Hill was born in 1753, in Pedmore, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hill, was 36 and her mother, Ann Longmore, was 30. She married Samuel Smith on 27 May 1771, in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
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- Sarah Hill, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Hill, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Sarah Smith in entry for Ann Smith, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"
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World Events (5)
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: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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