Brief Life History of Priscilla
When Priscilla Phillips was born in December 1797, in St Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, David Phillips, was 38 and her mother, Priscilla Phillips, was 30. She married Thomas Thain on 17 November 1837, in Saint Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Saint Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died in 1862, in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in St Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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- Allen Thain in household of Thomas Thain, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Priscilla Thaine, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
- Priscilla Thaine, "Wales, Pembrokeshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place
The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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