Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Rule was christened on 15 September 1776, in Great Maplestead, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Rule, was 25 and his mother, Susannah Speesem, was 24. He married Emily Franklin on 18 June 1801, in Great Maplestead, Essex, England, United Kingdom. He was buried in St Nicolas' Church, Witham, Essex, England.
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- Essex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1996
- Benjamin Rule in entry for Susanna Rule, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
- Benjamin Rule in entry for Priscilla Rule, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
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1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
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."
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.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): probably a habitational name from one or other of several places in northern France named Reuil or Rueil, such as Reuil (Aisne), Reuil (Marne), Réau (Seine-et-Marne), Rueil (Seine-et-Oise, Eure-et-Loir), and Reuil-sur-Brèche (Oise). Ruelle (Calvados) is also another possibility.
English: habitational name from Reule, a minor settlement now in the parish of Haughton (Staffordshire). The placename probably derives from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’.
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Rule (Roxburghshire), now Bedrule, Hallrule, and Abbotrule. The placename may be from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + wella ‘spring, stream’, or may embody an older British Celtic name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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