Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Vann was born about 1732, in Blaby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Vann, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Halford, was 36. He married Jane Sutton on 7 October 1760, in Aylestone, Leicestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Jonathan in entry for Mary Vann, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- Jonathn in entry for Mary Vann, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- Jonathan in entry for Sarah Vann, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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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.
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 (Leicestershire and Warwickshire):
topographic name for someone who lived by a fen or marsh, from Middle English fan(ne), a dialect variant in southeastern England of fen(ne) ‘marsh, fen’ (see also Fenn ). The surname may also be topographic, for someone who lived in a marshy place or from a place so named, such as Vann in Hambledon (Surrey), and Vann in Ockley (Surrey).
perhaps a nickname from Middle English fan(ne), vanne ‘basket or fan for winnowing’, for someone who made or used such a utensil.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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