Mary Howard

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Howard was christened on 27 March 1760, in Hempstead, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Howard, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Barrett, was 25. She married John Fabb on 13 October 1782, in Swanton Abbot, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She was buried in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Fabb
1757–1850
Mary Howard
1760–1825
Marriage: 13 October 1782
John Fabb
1783–
Thomas Fabb
1784–1789
William Fabb
1786–1846
Rebecca Fabb
1789–1867
Mary Fabb
1791–
Phillis Fabb
1793–
Elizabeth Fabb
1797–1885
John Fabb
1799–1870
Ann Fabb
1803–1869
James Fabb
1803–1872

Sources (12)

  • Mary Ward in entry for John Fabb, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Mary Howard in entry for Phillis Fabb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Howard in entry for James Fabb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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World Events (4)

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: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .

English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .

English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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