Brief Life History of James
When James Aston was christened on 7 April 1717, in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Aston, was 47 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Pitt, was 51. He married Mary Craddock on 30 October 1752, in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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- James Aston, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Austin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- James Austin, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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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:
from the Middle English personal name Ad(e)stan, which is usually from Old English Æthelstān (see Alston ). It may also be from the much rarer Old English name Ēadstān.
habitational name from any of several places in England called Aston. Most were named with Old English ēast ‘east’ + tūn ‘settlement’. In a few cases the first element is æsc ‘ash tree’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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