Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Henderson was born about 1706, in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Henderson, was 27 and his mother, Leah Granger, was 27. He married Elizabeth Liddel on 30 June 1724, in Dolphinton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
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- Thomas Henderson, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Thomas Henderson in entry for Mary, "United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874"
- Thomas Henderson in entry for Thomas Henderson, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
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 and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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