Sarah Ashdown
1772–1837 (Age 64)
Westfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Sarah
When Sarah Ashdown was born on 6 November 1772, in Westfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Ashdown, was 31 and her mother, Mary Catt, was 19. She died on 5 June 1837, in Rolvenden, Kent, England, at the age of 64.
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Family Time Line
Thomas Ashdown
1741–1807
Mary Catt
1753–1792
Sarah Ashdown
1772–1837
John Ashdown
1781–1781
Edward Ashdown
1785–1832
Mary Ashdown
1774–1857
Martha Ashdown
1779–1854
John Ashdown
1782–1865
Edmond Ashdown
1784–1857
William Ashdown
1784–1865
William Ashdown
1786–1849
Frances Ashdown
1787–
Maria Ashdown
1789–1837
James Ashdown
1792–1885
Parents & Siblings
1741–1807Male
1753–1792Female
siblings
(12)
1772–1837Female
1774–1857Female
1779–1854Female
1781–1781Male
1782–1865Male
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World Events (7)
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
Age 3
"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 15
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.
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 29
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ashdon in Essex, Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, or Ashdown in Berkshire (now lost). The first two are named from Old English æscen ‘growing with ash trees’ + dūn ‘hill’. The last may be from an Old English personal name Æsc or Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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