Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Hewitt was born before 10 June 1774, in Guiseley, Yorkshire, England, her father, Joseph Hewett, was 11771 and her mother, Martha Harrison, was 11771. She married William Hall on 16 May 1796, in Guiseley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- Mary Huitt, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Hewiett, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Mary Huitt, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
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World Events (2)
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
"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
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.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hewet, Huet, Hughet, Howet, pet forms of Hugh (Middle English Hewe, Hue; see Hugh and compare Hew ). The spelling Hughet stood for both Huet and the synonymous Huget; see Huggett . This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
habitational name from Hewitts in Chelsfield or Hewitts in Willesborough (both Kent), both named from Old English hīewett ‘cutting’, denoting a place where trees had been cut down. Here there lived families called de la Hewatte (1270), de la hewett (1301), and atte Hewete (1338). The name may also be topographic for someone who lived in a newly made clearing in a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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