Brief Life History of Letitia
When Letitia Tye was christened on 12 July 1742, in Penshurst, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edward Peerless, was 43 and her mother, Letitia Tye, was 27. She married William Best on 2 June 1765. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She was buried in Chiddingstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- Letitia Tye, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Leticiah in entry for William Best, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Leticiah in entry for Bette Best, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Kent): from Middle English tye, teghe, teye ‘enclosed piece of land; large area of common pasture’ (Old English tēag, tīege). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or near such a piece of land, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Teigh (Rutland) or Great, Little, and Marks Tey (Essex).
North German: from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄭, probably representing its Teochew, Hokkien, or Taiwanese pronunciation. See Zheng 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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