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Thomas Stead

about 1690–
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Thomas

When Thomas Stead was born about 1690, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac Stead, was 34 and his mother, Mary Brook, was 25. He married Isabel Simpson on 1 December 1715, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Thomas Stead

1690–

Isabel Simpson

1694–

Marriage: 1 December 1715

John Stead

1716–

Mary Stead

1717–

Alice Stead

1718–

Isabel Stead

1720–

Hannah Stead

1722–1790

Spouse and Children

Thomas Stead

Male1690–Male

Isabel Simpson

Female1694–Female

MARRIAGE
1 December 1715
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

children

(5)

Male1716–Male

Female1717–Female

Female1718–Female

Female1720–Female

Female1722–1790Female

Parents and Siblings

Isaac Stead

Male1656–Male

Mary Brook

Female1665–1692Female

siblings

(1)

Thomas Stead

Male1690–Male

World Events (2)

1801 · The Act of Union

Age 111

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

Age 118

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

Stead

Thomas

English (chiefly West Yorkshire):1. habitational name from Stead in West Yorkshire, or from some other place taking its name from Old English stede ‘estate’, ‘farm’, ‘place’. 2. from Middle English steed ‘stud horse’, ‘stallion’, applied as a nickname to a lusty person or as an occupational name to someone responsible for looking after stallions.

Possible Related Names

Hillstead

Steed

Steede

Sources (3)

Tho. Stead in entry for Mary Stead, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Tho. Stead in entry for Mary Stead, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Tho. Stead in entry for Isabel Stead, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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