Brief Life History of William
When William Wigginton was born on 21 November 1790, his father, Robert Wiggenton, was 46 and his mother, Jane Harding, was 41. He married Jane Carter in August 1811, in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died in March 1835, at the age of 44.
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- William Wigginton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Wm Wigginton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- William Wigginton, "England, Buckinghamshire, Church Records, 1217-1994"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire and Rutland): habitational name from any of several places called Wigginton, in Staffordshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, and North Yorkshire. The Staffordshire, Oxfordshire, and Hertfordshire placenames derive from the Old English personal name Wicga (genitive Wicgan) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’ or the personal name Wicga + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The North Yorkshire placename may derive from the Old Norse personal name Víkingr + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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