Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Cox was born on 13 October 1787, in Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Cox, was 21 and her mother, Jane Kirk, was 16. She married Peter Metcalf on 5 September 1811, in Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons.
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- ?? NOT FOR OUR SARAH COX--Sarah Cox, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah COX - Church record: Burial record or certificate: death: 15 January 1788; Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
- Sarah Metcalf in entry for Andrew Metcalf, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
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1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
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: variant of Cocke and Cook , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’), as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dutch and Flemish: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Cock, a vernacular short form of Cornelius .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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