Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Smith was born on 14 November 1779, in Rendcomb, Gloucestershire, England, her father, John Smith, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Joynes, was 29. She married Giles Griffin on 12 October 1801, in Rendcomb, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Rendcomb, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Crudwell, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 15 March 1867, in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87, and was buried in Rendcomb, Gloucestershire, England.
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- Mary Griffin in household of Giles Griffin, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837
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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."
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 Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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