William Johns

Male8 March 1774–16 April 1853

Brief Life History of William

William Johns was born on 8 March 1774, in Manaccan, Cornwall, England. He had at least 1 daughter with Elizabeth Ann Pearce. He died on 16 April 1853, in St Anthony in Meneage, Cornwall, England, at the age of 79.

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William Johns
1774–1853
Elizabeth Ann Pearce
1784–1822
Ann Johns
1816–1888

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    World Events (2)

    1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World

    Age 1

    "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."

    1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia

    Age 13

    The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.

    Name Meaning

    English and Welsh: variant of John with genitival or excrescent -s, or a variant of Jones . It is common in Cornwall and Devon, south Wales, the West Midlands and Lancashire. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as Albanian Gjonaj or any other Albanian patronymic from the personal name Gjon ‘John’ and its variants or derivatives; see also examples at Johnson .

    German: patronymic from John or a shortened form of Johannes .

    Americanized form of Swiss German Schantz .

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

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