Brief Life History of John
When John Earnshaw was born on 16 August 1761, in Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Earnshaw, was 38 and his mother, Jane Croasdell, was 33.
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- John Earnshaw, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Earnshaw, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
- John Earnshaw, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
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World Events (8)
1770 · Boston Tea Party
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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
"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."
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 (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Earnshaw in Bradfield, Yorkshire. The placename means ‘eagle wood’, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + sceaga ‘small wood, copse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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