Brief Life History of Ann
Ann Barrett was born about 1689, in Turvey, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. She married William Wooding on 31 October 1714, in Carlton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Ann Woods in entry for Elizabeth Woods, "England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983"
- Ann Barrett in entry for Wm Woodin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Ann in entry for Sophia Wooden, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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