When Thomas Stallard was born about 1767, in Bushley, Worcestershire, England, his father, John Stallard, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Jelfe, was 11765. He married Mary Grainger on 14 May 1792, in Bushley, Worcestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He was buried in Bushley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the "shot heard around the world" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England.
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.
English: nickname denoting either a sturdy, well-built person, or someone who was brave and reliable, from Middle English stalward, stalworth(i) ‘stalwart’ (Old English stælwierthe, a compound of stǣl ‘place’ + wierthe ‘worthy’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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