Brief Life History of Clara
When Clara Pinckney was born in 1337, in Eldon, Durham, England, her father, Francis Pinckney, was 26 and her mother, Frances, was 26. She married Robert Neville about 1358, in Eldon, Durham, England, United Kingdom.
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1337 · The Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War between France and England was largely due to the question of legitimate succession to the French crown.
1382 · Wycliffe's Bible
John Wycliffe, English theologian and professor at the University of Oxford, completed a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into Middle English. This translation is known as Wycliffe's Bible and was completed around 1382.
1455 · Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses was a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England between the royal families House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name of the war was derived as the red rose was the symbol of the Lancastrians and the white rose was the symbol of the Yorks.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Picquigny in Somme, named with an ancient Germanic personal name, Pincino (of obscure derivation) + the Latin locative suffix -acum.
History: A prominent SC family of English ancestry, Pinckneys were living inCharleston by the 18th century, including Eliza Lucas Pinckney(1722–93), who introduced indigo to the colony in 1738. Her sonswere prominent in politics, with Charles Pinckney, George Washington'saide and candidate for US president in 1804 and 1808, and ThomasPinckney, governor of SC.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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