Benjamin Maddock

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Maddock was born in 1823, in Plympton St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Maddock, was 33 and his mother, Charlotte Perkins, was 24.

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Family Time Line

Henry Maddock
1790–
Charlotte Perkins
1799–
Ruth Maddock
1819–1881
Henry Maddock
1821–
Benjamin Maddock
1823–
Mary A Maddock
1825–
Charlotte Maddock
1826–
Sarah Louisa Maddock
1828–
Harriet Mattock
1830–
Emanuel Maddock
1832–
Ann Maddock
1835–

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    World Events (8)

    1823

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

    The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

    1854 · The Crimean War

    The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

    Name Meaning

    English (of Welsh origin): from the Welsh personal name Madawc, Madog, from the ancestor of Welsh madog ‘goodly’. As a personal name and surname it was quite common in medieval Wales, in English counties bordering Wales, and in late medieval West Cornwall.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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