Brief Life History of Janet
When Janet Glendinning was born on 16 November 1729, in Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, her father, Archibald Glendinning, was 25 and her mother, Jean Beattie, was 30. She married Simon Little on 17 May 1758, in Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 29 March 1811, in Ewes, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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- Janet Glendinning, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
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Scottish (Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire): variant of Glendenning .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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