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This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
The experience of women in early New England differed greatly and depended on one's social group acquired at birth. Puritans , Native Americans , and people coming from the Caribbean and across the Atlantic were the three largest groups in the region, the latter of these being smaller in proportion to the first two.
Early New England Puritan funerary art conveys a practical attitude towards 17th-century mortality; death was an ever-present reality of life, [1] and their funerary traditions and grave art provide a unique insight into their views on death. The minimalist decoration and lack of embellishment of the early headstone designs reflect the British ...
Hannah Snell (23 April 1723 – 8 February 1792) was an English woman who disguised herself as a man to join the British military. Snell was mentioned in James Woodforde's diary entry of 21 May 1778 selling buttons, garters, and laces.
Dido Elizabeth Belle (June 1761 – July 1804) was a British gentlewoman.She was born into slavery, an illegitimate daughter of Captain John Lindsay of the Royal Navy and Maria Belle; her mother, Maria Belle, was an enslaved Black woman in the British West Indies.
Samuel Scott (1702–1770) – British landscape painter; James Seymour (c.1702–1752) – English painter especially of equestrian art; William Hoare (c.1707–1792) – English painter especially of pastels; Francis Hayman (1708–1776) – English painter, illustrator, and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy
New England Colonies Coat of Arms/Seal Name Capital Year(s) Colony type Notes Plymouth: Plymouth: 1620–1686 1689–1691: Self-governing: Merged into the Dominion of New England in 1686, reformed in 1689, and then merged into Massachusetts in 1691 Massachusetts Bay: Charlestown Salem Boston: 1628–1686 1689–1691: Self-governing
Source: [1] Suzanne de Court (fl. 1600) - enamel painter in the Limoges workshops, possibly the daughter of Jean de Court; Mademoiselle Alée - lace-maker; Louise Moillon (1610 - 1696) - painter of still lifes, of an artist family who were Protestant refugees from the southern Netherlands.