Brief Life History of John
When John Langton was born in 1754, in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Langton, was 33 and his mother, Rachel Smith, was 28. He married Mary Stroud on 1 October 1780, in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters.
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- John Langdon, "England, Berkshire, Parish Registers, 1515-1993"
- John Langdon in entry for Mary Stroud, "England, Berkshire, Parish Registers, 1515-1993"
- John Lankton in entry for Sarah Lankton, "England, Berkshire, Parish Registers, 1515-1993"
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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
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called with Old English lang ‘long’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, such as Langton Hall in Kirkby in Ashfield (Nottinghamshire), Langton Lodge in Hendon (Middlesex), Langton (Yorkshire), East and West Langton (Leicestershire), Langton by Horncastle, Langton by Spilsby, and Langton by Wragby (all in Lincolnshire), and Lanton (Northumb). Compare Lankton , Lanton , and Longton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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