Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Williams Cromwell was born in 1566, in Huntingdonshire, England, his father, Sir Henry Cromwell, was 31 and his mother, Lady Joan Warren, was 31. He married Margarett Wynde on 4 February 1599, in Beeston, Norfolk, England. He died on 29 October 1630, in Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 64, and was buried in Upwood with Great Raveley, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Henry Cromwell, "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997"
- History of Parliament
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1569 · State Lottery
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
1571 · The Royal Exchange is Organized
The Royal Exchange was organized in January 1571 by Sir Thomas Gresham. Gresham is known as the father of English banking.
1585 · The First English Colony is Established in America
England established its first colony in North America in 1585 as a way to generate additional wealth. The colony was named Virginia, after the virgin Queen Elizabeth I.
Name Meaning
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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