Robert Waring Darwin

Brief Life History of Robert Waring

When Robert Waring Darwin was born on 30 May 1766, in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, his father, Erasmus Darwin, was 34 and his mother, Mary Howard, was 26. He married Susannah Wedgwood on 18 April 1796, in London, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Shrewsbury St Chad, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 13 November 1848, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82, and was buried in Montford, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Robert Waring Darwin
1766–1848
Susannah Wedgwood
1765–1817
Marriage: 18 April 1796
Marianne Darwin
1798–1858
Caroline Sarah Darwin
1800–1888
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
1803–1866
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
1804–1881
Charles Robert Darwin
1809–1882
Catharine Emily Darwin
1810–1866

Sources (54)

  • Robert W Darwin, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Robert Waring Darwin, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Robert Waring Darwin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

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 Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea.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.

1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano." Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer.

Name Meaning

English:

(Yorkshire): usually a variant of Derwent, a habitational name mostly from Derwent (Derbyshire, now submerged by the Ladybower Reservoir) or Darwen (Lancashire), both named from rivers called Derwent; or less frequently from similarly named rivers in Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, and Yorkshire.

from the Middle English personal name Derwin (from Old English Dēorwine, composed of the elements dēor ‘dear’ or, formerly also dēor ‘animal; fierce’, + wine ‘friend’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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