Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Buxton was born about 1739, in Stowupland, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of George Buxton and Sarah Baker. She married George John Dent on 8 July 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Buxton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Buxton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Buxton in Derbyshire, which in Middle English was called Buchestanes, Bucstones (i.e. ‘bowing stones’, from Middle English b(o)ugen, Old English būgan ‘to bow’ + stanes ‘stones’). It is probably named for logan stones in the vicinity. (Logan stones are boulders so poised that they rock at a touch.)
less commonly, a habitational name from Buxton in Norfolk, which is named with the genitive case of the Old English personal name Bucc (see Buck 1) + Old English tūn ‘settlement, enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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