Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Keats was born in 1773, in Reading, Berkshire, England as the son of Thomas Keats and Elizabeth Davey. He married Frances Jennings on 9 October 1794. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 15 April 1804, in London, England, at the age of 31, and was buried in London, England.
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- Thomas Keats, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Keats, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thomas Keats in entry for Edward Keats, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
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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.
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano." Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer.
Name Meaning
English (southern): variant of Kite , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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