Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Hills was born on 14 November 1725, in Stow Maries, Essex, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Joseph Hill and Elizabeth Browne. She married Ben Root on 2 October 1746, in Mundon, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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Sources (4)
- Mary Hills, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- My Hills, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Marg Hills in entry for Benjamin Root, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
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World Events (4)
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hill with genitival -s if a relationship name, attested in Matilda Hilles, 1327 (Somerset), where the genitival form may signify widowhood; or with plural -s if habitational, attested in Johanne de Hyles, 1379 (Bickerstaffe, Lancashire), and Ricardo del Hyles, 1379 (Great Eccleston, Lancashire); or, with post-medieval excrescent -s, probably the most common form.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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