Brief Life History of John
When John Howard was born in May 1769, in Swanton Abbot, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Howard, was 37 and his mother, Rebecca Seaman, was 31. He married Sarah Durrant on 30 July 1792. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. He died in July 1834, in his hometown, at the age of 65, and was buried in Swanton, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Howard, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Howard in entry for Maria Howard, "England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Howard - Church record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: John Howard
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World Events (5)
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: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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