Brief Life History of William
When William Wheadon was born on 4 November 1750, in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Wheadon, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Burridge, was 33.
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- William Wheadon, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Wheadon, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
- Wm. Wheadon, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (6)
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 (Somerset and Dorset): variant of Whedon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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