Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Worsley was born in 1769, in Benenden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Worsley, was 25 and his mother, Martha Williams, was 37. He married Mary Matthews on 19 November 1800, in Benenden, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 2 daughters. He was buried in Benenden, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- Thomas Worsley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Worsley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Thomas Worsley, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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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 (Lancashire): habitational name from Worsley in Lancashire or Worsley Farm in Rock (Worcestershire). The Lancashire placename may derive from an Old English personal name Weorcgȳth (genitive Weorcgȳthes) + Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. The Worcestershire placename may take its name from a lost stream-name Worf + Old English lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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