Brief Life History of William
When William Whitby was born on 17 August 1707, in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Whitby II, was 29 and his mother, Margaret Gyles, was 24. He married Mary Boot on 2 March 1731, in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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- William Whitby, Mary Boot Marriage "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- William Whitby, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- William Whitby Mary Sharp Marriage 1742
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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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whitby, a port in North Yorkshire, or from Whitby in Cheshire. The North Yorkshire placename probably derives from the Old Norse personal name Hvíti or Old Norse hvítr ‘white’ + bý ‘farmstead, village’. The Cheshire placename derives from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + burg ‘fortress’, later replaced by Old Norse bý.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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