Brief Life History of William
When William Hemmings was born in 1749, his father, William Hemmings, was 32 and his mother, Mary Beavington, was 28.
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- William Homings, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Hemings, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"
- William Hemings, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (6)
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:
variant of Hemming , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
in some cases a late variant of Emmins, itself related to an alternative form of the Middle English female personal name Emeny (see Edmond 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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