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4 days ago · Richard Pace was an early settler and ancient planter in colonial Jamestown, Virginia. According to a 1622 account published by the London Company, Pace played a key role in warning the Jamestown colony of an impending Powhatan raid on the colony.
- May 24, 1583, Wapping, Middlesex, England
- September 17, 1627, Jamestown, Virginia
- George Pace
- Isabella Smythe
Apr 28, 2024 · Wapping is a district in East London, situated on the north side of the River Thames. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, Wapping was a base for maritime trade and exploration, with many ships sailing across the globe either beginning or ending their journeys at the docks nearby. The area became a notorious haunt of pirates, smugglers and ...
4 days ago · The East London line is part of the London Overground, running north to south through the East, Docklands and South areas of London. It was previously a line of the London Underground . Built in 1869 by the East London Railway Company, which reused the Thames Tunnel intended for horse-drawn carriages, the line became part of the London ...
- 1933 to 2007 (As East London Line), 27 April 2010 (preview service), 23 May 2010 (full service)
- Operational
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May 17, 2024 · Wapping-Whitechapel became the separate parish of St. John, Wapping, in 1694. STEPNEY AND TOWER HAMLETS : LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES. Later parishes were formed from the hamlets whose boundaries had been settled by the late 17th century. St. Paul, Shadwell (68 a.), was created by an Act in 1670.
May 17, 2024 · Family and ancestry Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. Custer's maternal ancestors were of English and Ulster Scots descent, having ancestries from ...
- 1861–1876
- Initially on the battlefield;, Later reinterred in West Point Cemetery
3 days ago · Stepney church stood roughly midway between the Thames and the Colchester road by 1180, (fn. 32) and may imply a parsonage and possibly other residents nearby. Excavations in Stepney High Street opposite the church showed no trace of habitation between 700 B.C. and c. 1300, (fn. 33) but two customary cottages owing smokepennies lay on the west ...
3 days ago · The East End of London in 1888 is often depicted as being one vast slum that was inhabited by an immoral and criminal population who were little better than savages. Whereas this was most certainly true of certain sections, it is, perhaps, a little unfair to tarnish the entire district with the reputation of being a hotbed of vice, villainy ...
