Brief Life History of Bridget
When Bridget Ireton was born about 1650, in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry Ireton, was 40 and her mother, Bridget Cromwell, was 27. She married Thomas Bendish on 27 August 1669, in Islington St Mary, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 16 July 1726, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, at the age of 77, and was buried in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.
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- Bridget Bendish in entry for Bridget Bendish, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Bridget Bendish in entry for Bridget Bendish, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Bridget in entry for John Bendish, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (2)
1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
1720 · South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
Name Meaning
English: most probably a habitational name from Kirk Ireton (Derbyshire) or perhaps from Ireton Farm in Weston Underwood (Derbyshire), both named in Anglo-Scandinavian as Íratūn ‘settlement of the Irish’ or more likely ‘settlement of the Irishman’. The reference may be either to a Scandinavian Viking who had been in Ireland or to an Irishman who came to England with the Vikings. Occasionally the name may also derive from either of two places called Irton in North Yorkshire, of which Irton in Seamer parish is a more likely source than the lost Irton in Coxwold. Both the North Yorkshire places have the same etymologies as those above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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