Brief Life History of Daniel
When Daniel Matkin was born about 1762, in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Mattkin, was 48 and his mother, Ann Clerk or Clark, was 40. He married Elizabeth Meakin in 1788, in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1824, at the age of 63, and was buried in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Daniel Matkin, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Daniel Madkin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Daniel Matkin, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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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 (Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Matkin, a pet form of Mat (a diminutive of Matthew , see Matt ) + the suffix -kin.
History: The earliest known bearer of this name in North American is Theodore Matkyn, mentioned in the 1702 will of Alice Kennerly, a Quaker, residing in Dorchester County, MD.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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