Brief Life History of William
When William Nicholson Sr. was born on 22 August 1771, in Hatfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Nicholson, was 47 and his mother, Mary Ducker, was 35. He married Mary Grayson on 23 November 1791, in Hatfield, Yorkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 December 1852, in Belton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81, and was buried in Thorne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- William Nicholson in household of George Ward, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- William Nicholson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Nicholson, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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."
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
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.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Nic(h)olas or the vernacular form Nic(h)ol + son; see Nichol , Nicholas . In Scotland the name was sometimes substituted for McNichol .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Nicolaisen or Nikolaisen , or of the Swedish cognate Niklasson, patronymics from equivalents of the personal name Nicholas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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