When Martha Dawes was born in 1642, in Wrockwardine, Shropshire, England, her father, Henry Dawes, was 23 and her mother, Hannah Mitch, was 22. She married Peter Langley Sr. in 1664, in Wrockwardine, Shropshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 5 September 1711, in her hometown, at the age of 69, and was buried in Wrockwardine, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.
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A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
English: variant of Daw , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German (Däwes): either a patronymic from an ancient Germanic personal name Davo, or a variant of Tewes . The surname Däwes is rare in Germany.
History: William Dawes (1745–99) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and rode with Paul Revere to warn colonists of the British invasion in 1775. He is buried in Boston's King's Chapel Burying Ground.
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