Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Marston was born on 25 April 1756, her father, William Marston, was 40 and her mother, Ellen Mackley, was 35. She married William Pyewell on 9 May 1780, in Long Clawson, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Mary Marston, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary in entry for Eliza Pywell, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- Mary in entry for Edward Pywell, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the numerous places called Marston or Merston, in counties including Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Sussex, and Worcestershire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English mersc ‘marsh’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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