Brief Life History of John
When John Hardcastle was christened on 25 November 1719, in Ripley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Marmaduke Hardcastle, was 58 and his mother, Margaret Joy, was 39. He married Elizabeth Rhodes on 29 August 1742, in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hampsthwaite, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1742.
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- John Hardcastle, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Hardcastle, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
- John Hard, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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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
English: habitational name from Hardcastle in Bewerley (Yorkshire), from Middle English hard ‘hard, tough’ + castel ‘castle, fortress’. Hardcastle Garth, originally a Quaker settlement near Harrogate, took its name from its founder; likewise Hardcastle Crags in Yorkshire probably takes its name from the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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