John Evan James

Maleabout 1712–

Brief Life History of John Evan

John Evan James was born about 1712, in Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He married Jane samuel in 1747, in Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

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John Evan James
1712–
Jane samuel
1712–
Marriage: 1747

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    1747Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom
  • World Events (3)

    1815

    Age 103

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Age 111

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

    Age 119

    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.

    Name Meaning

    English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .

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

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