Brief Life History of Joseph
Joseph Heaton was born about 1756, in Glusburn, Yorkshire, England. He married Martha Aldersley about 1779, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died in 1779, in England, at the age of 24.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Heaton - birth: about 1760; England, United Kingdom
- Joseph in entry for Joseph Heaton, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
- Joseph Heaton in entry for Hannibal Heaton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (2)
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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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."
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hēah ‘high’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’: Heaton (Yorkshire, Northumberland); Heaton Norris, Heaton under Horwich, Heaton with Oxcliffe, Great Heaton, Little Heaton (all Lancashire); Capheaton, Kirkheaton (Northumberland); Cleckheaton, Hanging Heaton, Kirkheaton (Yorkshire). This surname was taken to Ireland in the mid 17th century, and within Ireland is now mainly found in Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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