Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Eden was born on 20 January 1766, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of John Eden and Mrs Eden. She married James Stock on 9 April 1787, in Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Cheshire, England in 1787.
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- Mary Eden, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Eden, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Mary Eden in entry for James Stock, "England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996"
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1770 · Boston Tea Party
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
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.
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: from the Middle English personal name Edun, Old English Ēadhūn, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity, wealth’ + hūn ‘bear-cub’.
English: habitational name from Castle Eden or Eden Burn in County Durham, both of which derive from a British river name meaning ‘water’, recorded by the Greek geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century in the form Ituna.
East Frisian, North German, and Dutch (Groningen): genitivized patronymic from the personal name Ede or Edo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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