When Abraham Boreham was born in 1749, in Bardfield Saling, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Clement Boreham, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Owers, was 29. He married Elizabeth Willis on 28 February 1771, in Bardfield Saling, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 25 March 1817, in Bardfield Saling, Essex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 68, and was buried in Bardfield Saling, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.
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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.
English: habitational name from Boreham (Essex), Boreham Wood in Elstree (Hertfordshire), Boreham Street in Wartling (Sussex), or Boreham in Warminster (Wiltshire). The placenames in Essex, Sussex and Hertfordshire are probably named with Old English bor ‘hill’ + ham ‘homestead’. Compare Boram and Borom .
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