Brief Life History of William
When William Carkeet was christened on 11 January 1644, in St Ewe, Cornwall, England, his father, Nicholas Carkeet, was 31 and his mother, Alice Smith, was 32. He married Grace Hoblin on 13 March 1687, in Gorran, Cornwall, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in October 1690, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 46.
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- William Carkeate, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Williame Kerkeek, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
Name Meaning
Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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