Brief Life History of Edith Elizabeth
When Edith Elizabeth Nethercote was born about 1769, in Chedzoy, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Nethercote, was 35 and her mother, Edith Grow, was 34. She married Robert Western on 29 March 1796. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died on 24 November 1840, in Westonzoyland, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 72, and was buried in Westonzoyland, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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- Edith Western in the Ann Western (Baptism record) in the Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531
- Edith in entry for Mary Western, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
- Robert Western and Edith Nethercoate Marriage Certificate— FamilySearch.org
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1770 · Boston Tea Party
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
"On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Somerset): habitational name from one or more of the many minor places called Nethercott in Devon (the placename occurs in the parishes of Alverdiscott, Braunston, Broadwood Kelly, Broadwoodwidger, Chawleigh, Iddesleigh, Lifton, Oakford, Parkham, Rose Ash, Spreyton, and Tetcott), or from Nethercote (Northamptonshire), or from Nethercote in Lewknor or Nethercott in Tackley (both in Oxforshire). All of the placenames derive from Middle English nether ‘lower’ + cot ‘cottage’ (Old English neothera, cot), except Nethercote in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, which derives from Middle English other ‘other’ (Old English ōther) + cot, with the N- due to misdivision of Middle English atten other.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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