Rev Dr John Pye-Smith

Brief Life History of John

Rev Dr John Pye-Smith was born on 25 May 1774, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of John Smith and Martha. He married Mary Hodgson on 20 August 1801. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hackney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 5 February 1851, in Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76, and was buried in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Rev Dr John Pye-Smith
1774–1851
Mary Hodgson
1780–1832
Marriage: 20 August 1801
Mary Ruth Smith
1802–1871
Philip Henry Smith
1804–1818
John Baptist Smith
1805–1806
Ebenezer Pye-Smith
1807–1885
John William Pye-Smith
1809–1864
Sarah Edwards Smith
1810–1832
Mary Ann Lydia Foulger
1812–1898

Sources (49)

  • John Pye Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Jn Pye Smith, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • John Pye Smith, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (5)

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

Contracted form of Old French Jo(h)anne, from Latin Io(h)anna ( see Joanna ). In England this was the usual feminine form of John from the Middle English period onwards and was extremely popular, but in the 16th and 17th centuries it steadily lost ground to Jane . It was strongly revived in the first part of the 20th century, partly under the influence of George Bernard Shaw's play St Joan ( 1923 ), based on the life of Joan of Arc ( 1412–31 ). Claiming to be guided by the voices of the saints, she persuaded the French dauphin to defy the occupying English forces and have himself crowned, and she led the French army that raised the siege of Orleans in 1429 . The following year she was captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English, and a year later she was burned at the stake for witchcraft at the age of 18 or 19. Her story has captured the imagination of many writers, and she is variously portrayed as a national and political hero, a model of apolitical straightforwardness and honesty, and a religious heroine. She was canonized in 1920 . More recent influences have included the American film actress Joan Crawford ( 1908–77 , born Lucille le Sueur ), the British actress Joan Collins ( b. 1933 ), the American comedienne Joan Rivers ( b. 1933 ), and the West Indian pop singer Joan Armatrading ( b. 1950 ).

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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