Brief Life History of Sally
When Sally Wych was born in 1778, in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Wych, was 29 and her mother, Betty Pott, was 26. She lived in Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1778.
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Sources (7)
- Sally Wych, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Wych, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"
- Sally Wych, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (8)
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
1 English: locative name from Middle English wich, a variant of wik, the commonest sense of which was ‘dairy farm’; see Wick .
2 English: locative name from Middle English wiche ‘wych elm’, for someone who lived by an elm tree.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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