William Hitch Strickland

Brief Life History of William Hitch

When William Hitch Strickland was born in 1790, in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England, his father, Samuel West Strickland, was 24 and his mother, Mary Hitch, was 27. He married Mary Finkell on 9 November 1813, in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in July 1855, in Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

William Hitch Strickland
1790–1855
Mary Finkell
1789–1861
Marriage: 9 November 1813
Thomas Strickland
1814–1858
Mary Strickland
1816–
Ann Strickland
1819–
Sarah Strickland
1820–
William Strickland
1822–1881
Samuel Strickland
1828–
Edward Strickland
1833–1836
Elizabeth Strickland
1836–

Sources (46)

  • William Strickland, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • William Hitch Strickland, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • William Strickland, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

World Events (7)

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 (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Great and Little Strickland (Westmorland) or Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger (also Westmorland). The placenames derive from Old English stīrc ‘stirk, young bullock or heifer’ + land ‘land’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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