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Calendar year
1638 (MDCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1638th
1638
17th-century Scottish Presbyterians
expanded into political conflict over the limits of royal authority. In 1638, thousands of Scots signed the National Covenant, pledging to resist changes
Covenanters
Mughal Persian wars
The Mughal–Persian war (1637–1638) is a conflict which took place in 1638, between Safavid Empire of Persia and Mughal Empire of Hindustan. The main events
Mughal–Safavid War (1637–1638)
Mughal–Safavid_War_(1637–1638)
English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony
or fall of 1638, thought to be first living in the town of Watertown, Massachusetts. Shortly thereafter he was a founder of Sudbury in 1638, and later
Edmund_Rice_(colonist)
G-type star in the constellation Cygnus
Kepler-1638 is a G-type subgiant star located about 5,000 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus. One known exoplanet has been found orbiting
Kepler-1638
/ 31.602222°N 65.658889°E / 31.602222; 65.658889 The Fall of Kandahar (1638) refers to the recovery of the Kandahar fortress by the Mughal Empire from
Fall_of_Kandahar_(1638)
Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)
The siege of Baghdad (Persian: محاصره بغداد) in the winter of 1638 marked the re-establishment of Ottoman control over Iraq, following a prior period of
Siege_of_Baghdad_(1638)
English politician
Sir Charles Wyndham (1638 – 1706) was an English politician who served as a Whig Member of Parliament from 1679 to 1701. Wyndham's birthdate is unrecorded
Charles_Wyndham_(1638–1706)
Michel Bégon (French: [miʃɛl beɡɔ̃]; 25 December 1638 – 14 March 1710) was a French colonial official and naturalist. He was intendant de la marine at
Michel_Bégon_(naturalist)
List of events
Events from the year 1638 in England. Monarch – Charles I Secretary of State – Sir John Coke 18 April – flogging of John Lilburne for refusing to swear
1638_in_England
350822°E / 31.565961; 64.350822 The Siege of Bost, from July 28 to September 3, 1638, was a siege of the fortress of Bost (modern Lashkari Bazar) led by the Mughal
Siege_of_Bost_(1638)
1638 battle of the Franco-Spanish War
The siege of Hondarribia of 1638 took place in June – September 1638, between Spain and France during the Thirty Years' War and the Franco-Spanish War
Siege_of_Fuenterrabía_(1638)
Events from the year 1638 in France. Monarch: Louis XIII March 3 – Battle of Rheinfelden: A mercenary army under Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, fighting for France
1638_in_France
English botanist (1570–1638)
John Tradescant the Elder ( /trəˈdɛskənt/; c. 1570s – 15–16 April 1638), father of John Tradescant the Younger, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector
John_Tradescant_the_Elder
1638 treaty between New England, the Mohegan and the Narragansett
Connecticut, the Mohegan nation and the Narragansett nation on September 21, 1638, following the Pequot War, in Hartford, Connecticut. It sought to eradicate
Treaty_of_Hartford_(1638)
Siege during the Dutch-Portuguese War and Eighty Years' War
The siege of Salvador was a siege that took place between April and May 1638, during the Dutch–Portuguese War and Eighty Years' War. The governor of the
Siege_of_Salvador_(1638)
Mughal governor and general who fought against the Safavids in 1638–39. On May 3, 1638, Qulij Khan Turani, previously governor of Multan, arrived from
Qulij_Khan_Turani
Series of four earthquakes in Italy
A series of mainshocks struck Calabria on March 27–28 and June 9, 1638. The first three earthquakes had moment magnitudes estimated to be Mw 6.6–7.1. On
1638_Calabrian_earthquakes
State highway in Kentucky, United States
Kentucky Route 1638 is a state highway in Kentucky. The entire route is in Meade County. KY 1638 starts in Brandenburg Station at a junction with KY 448
Kentucky_Route_1638
English Member of Parliament
Francis Courtenay, de jure 4th Earl of Devon, (c. 1576 – 3 June 1638) of Powderham, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament. In 1831 he was recognised
Francis_Courtenay_(died_1638)
Events from the year 1638 in Ireland. Monarch: Charles I January 13 – proclamation enforcing the monopoly on tobacco held by the Lord Deputy of Ireland
1638_in_Ireland
1638 naval battle
India Company fleets attempting to blockade and conquer the city of Goa. In 1638, forces commanded by the Viceroy of Portuguese India, D. Pedro da Silva and
Battle_of_Goa_(1638)
1638–1639 painting by Peter Paul Rubens
oil on canvas by Rubens measuring 109.5 cm by 85 cm and dating to between 1638 and 1639. It is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is a courtly
Self-Portrait (Rubens, Vienna)
Self-Portrait_(Rubens,_Vienna)
1638 Maya revolt in colonial Yucatan
residents in the municipio or district of Bacalar in the second half of 1638. Led by Tipu, a pre-Columbian town and the most significant reducción or
Tipu_rebellion
Siege during the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)
The siege of Breme (13–26 March 1638) was undertaken by Spanish forces under the Marquis of Leganés, Governor of Milan during the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659)
Siege_of_Breme_(1638)
Painting by Rembrandt
of the painting is unknown, but most sources give a date between 1635 and 1638. The story of Belshazzar and the writing on the wall originates in the Old
Belshazzar's Feast (Rembrandt)
Belshazzar's_Feast_(Rembrandt)
English landowner
Thomas Lambert (1585–1638) was an English landowner who briefly sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626. Lambert was the son of Edward Lambert (d
Thomas_Lambert_(died_1638)
Several paintings by Peter Paul Rubens
less than half the size, and has three putti rather than one. Painted in 1638 or '39, this version is now in the Prado in Madrid and was completed shortly
The Judgement of Paris (Rubens)
The_Judgement_of_Paris_(Rubens)
1638 treaty between France and Sweden
The Treaty of Hamburg, signed on 5 March 1638 (to "l'echange des ratifications du Traite conclu a Wismar le 20 Mars 1636), was the ratification of the
Treaty_of_Hamburg_(1638)
Part of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Thann (1638) was fought between the Weimar Army in the Service of the French, under Bernard of Saxe-Weimar and an Imperial-Lorraine under
Battle_of_Thann_(1638)
Sir Robert Oxenbridge (1595–1638) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624. Oxenbridge was the son of
Robert_Oxenbridge_(died_1638)
1630s conflict in New England
The Pequot War was a conflict that took place in 1636 and ended in 1638 in New England, between the Pequot nation and an alliance of the colonists from
Pequot_War
Events in the year 1638 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium). Monarch – Philip IV, King of Spain
1638_in_Belgium
Painting by Nicolas Poussin
scenes representing the sacraments of the Catholic Church, painted between 1638 and 1640 by the French artist Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665). Commissioned in
Extreme_Unction_(Poussin)
English clergyman and philanthropist (1607–1638)
John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English Puritan minister in colonial New England whose deathbed bequest to the "schoale or colledge" founded two years
John_Harvard
French Capuchin friar and political adviser (1577–1638)
François Leclerc du Tremblay (4 November 1577 – 17 December 1638), also known as Père Joseph, was a French Capuchin friar, confidant and agent of Cardinal
François_Leclerc_du_Tremblay
Military campaign in northern Albania
The 1638 Ottoman expedition against Kelmendi was an Ottoman military campaign led by the Pasha of Bosnia in northern Albania against local tribes. The
1638 Ottoman expedition against Kelmendi
1638_Ottoman_expedition_against_Kelmendi
Italian physicist and astronomer (1564–1642)
his life under house arrest. During this time, he wrote Two New Sciences (1638), primarily concerning kinematics and the strength of materials. Galileo
Galileo_Galilei
Italian composer (1567–1643)
life and coincided with a new burst of the composer's activity. The year 1638 saw the publication of Monteverdi's eighth book of madrigals and a revision
Claudio_Monteverdi
The year 1638 in science and technology involved some significant events. December 21 – Total eclipse of the Moon falls on the same day as the winter solstice
1638_in_science
1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 … In literature 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 Art Archaeology
1638_in_poetry
Corcuera's occupation was the first prolonged Spanish occupation of Jolo from 1638 to 1645. The new Governor-General of the Philippines at the time, Governor
Spanish occupation of Jolo (1638)
Spanish_occupation_of_Jolo_(1638)
Belize is traditionally thought to have been effected upon Peter Wallace's 1638 landing at the mouth of Haulover Creek. As this account lacks clear primary
English_settlement_of_Belize
AM radio frequency
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1638 kHz: 2ME Radio Arabic in Castle Hill, New South Hills. Vision Christian Radio in Armidale,
1638_AM
merchant sailing ship that brought "Emigrants" from England to New England in 1638, this at a time when thousands of Puritans left England seeking freedom of
Bevis_(ship)
French physician and anatomist
Bourdon (1636 or 1638 – December 21, 1706) was a French physician and anatomist. Bourdon was born in Cambrai, France, in 1636 or 1638, the son of an engineer
Amé_Bourdon
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685
of French territory actually controlled. KG: Knight of the Garter, 21 May 1638 Charles's coat of arms as Prince of Wales was the royal arms (which he later
Charles_II_of_England
Safavid official and gholam
Baghdad between 1631 and 1638, during the reign of Shah (King) Safi (r. 1629–1642). His tenure was brought to an end in 1638 when the Ottomans captured
Bektash Khan (governor of Baghdad)
Bektash_Khan_(governor_of_Baghdad)
Polish bishop
bishop, auxiliary bishop of Gniezno in the years 1628–1638, diocesan bishop of Łuck in the years 1638–1654, canon of the cathedral chapter of Gniezno, abbot
Andrzej_Gembicki
This is a list of descendants of Edmund Rice, a noted colonial settler. In 1638, Rice immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his kin, where he became
Descendants of Edmund Rice (colonist)
Descendants_of_Edmund_Rice_(colonist)
Swedish courtier (1559–1638)
Margareta Brahe (2 July 1559 – 26 April 1638) was a Swedish courtier; hovmästarinna (Mistress of the Robes) to princess Anna Vasa of Sweden, from 1591
Margareta_Brahe_(1559–1638)
Sir Simon Leach (1567–1638) of the parish of All Hallows, Goldsmith Street, Exeter and of Cadeleigh, Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1624. His surviving
Simon_Leach
The year 1638 in music involved some significant events. February 6 – Luminalia, a masque written by Sir William Davenant and designed by Inigo Jones,
1638_in_music
Events from the year 1638 in Sweden Monarch – Christina March 5 – Thirty Years' War – The Treaty of Hamburg is signed by France and Sweden. March 29 –
1638_in_Sweden
The following events occurred in Denmark in the year 1638. Monarch – Christian IV Sorø is incorporated as a market town. Peder Winstrup is installed as
1638_in_Denmark
Abel Tasman's Flagship
Company, known as the "VOC" in its Dutch abbreviation. She was launched in 1638. There are no contemporary detailed descriptions of Heemskerck. Tasman's
Heemskerck_(1638_ship)
Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675
1675) was Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 4 October 1638 until his death in 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine of France
Charles_Emmanuel_II
Abdullah Khan (Chagatai and Persian: عبدالله خان; in Turfan 1634/5-1638/9) 1638–1669, was the eldest of 9 sons of Abduraim Khan, grandson of Abdurashid
Abdallah_(Moghul_Khan)
Spanish Roman Catholic prelate
Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Baghdad (1638–1669) and Bishop of Ispahan (1638–1669). Jean Duval was born in Clamecy, France on 22 April
Jean_Duval
This is a list of events that occurred in the year 1638 in art. Anthony van Dyck is granted denizenship by Charles I of England and marries Mary, daughter
1638_in_art
Scottish prophet
1638 ) was a Scottish prophet. Her father may have been the East Lothian minister of Yester, James Mitchelson. She came to notice in September 1638 when
Margaret_Mitchelson
Swedish colony in North America (1638–1655)
Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a colony of the Swedish Empire between 1638 and 1655 along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now Delaware
New_Sweden
1638 book by Galileo Galilei
ddimostratˈtsjoːni mateˈmaːtike inˈtorno a dˈduːe ˈnwɔːve ʃˈʃɛntse]) published in 1638 was Galileo Galilei's final book and a scientific testament covering much
Two_New_Sciences
Indian philosopher
Tirtha (died. 1638 CE) was a Hindu philosopher, yogi, mystic, scholar and saint. He served as the pontiff of Shri Uttaradi Math from 1635 to 1638. He was the
Satyavrata_Tirtha
English politician
George Southcote (1572–1638), of Shillingford, Devon, was an English politician. He was a member (MP) of the parliament of England for Plympton Erle in
George_Southcote_(1572–1638)
by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Siege of Daman" 1638–1639 – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) (Learn
Siege_of_Daman_(1638–1639)
1638 battle
and Betka-el-Moqrani, Sultan of the Beni Abbès . The battle took place in 1638, in the context of a challenge to the authority of the regency of Algiers
Battle_of_Guidjel
Dutch painter and engraver (c.1589 – c.1638)
Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers (c. 1589 – c. 1638) was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. He has been called "the most inspired
Hercules_Seghers
Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain
in the County of Westmorland, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in circa 1638. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baronet (the son of John Lowther
Earl_of_Lonsdale
John Popham (born 1603, died c. 1638) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. Popham was the first son of Sir Francis
John_Popham_(died_1638)
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1603 to 1605
shogunate. Following his death, his successors shifted the government to Edo in 1638 and enacted the Sakoku policy of isolationism in 1639 which closed off Japan
Tokugawa_Ieyasu
Charles Sonibancke DD (1564 – 12 October 1638) was a Canon of Windsor from 1598 to 1638. He was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford and Christ Church, Oxford
Charles_Sonibancke
English politician
Sir William Selby (died 1638) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1601. Selby was the son of Sir John Selby of Twizell
William_Selby_(died_1638)
Church in Naples, Italy
purgatory. The church was designed by Giovan Cola Di Franco, and consecrated in 1638. The apse is richly decorated with polychrome marble and stucco, and has
Purgatorio_ad_Arco
17th-century king of Lan Xang
Viksai, or Vijaya) was the king of the Kingdom of Lan Xang between 1637 and 1638. Born as Prince Vijaya, he was the youngest son of King Mon Keo. He succeeded
Vichai_(king)
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1638-1681)
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1638 until his death. Meinrad I was the son of Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1578–1638) and Countess Johanna of
Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Meinrad_I,_Prince_of_Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England
County of Northampton, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 5 June 1638 for Gilbert Pickering, subsequently a member of the English Council of State
Pickering_baronets
Below are the descriptions of three municipal seals of Bivona of 1593, the 1638 and 1801. A seal of the University of Bivona in a document of 1593 (currently
Coat_of_arms_of_Bivona
English scholar
Thomas Smith (3 Jun 1638 – 11 May 1710) was an English scholar, expelled Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and non-juring divine. He was the son of John
Thomas_Smith_(scholar)
Breton-French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots
Henri II de Rohan (21 August 1579 – 13 April 1638), Duke of Rohan and Prince of Léon, was a Breton-French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots.
Henri,_Duke_of_Rohan
Military unit of France
1635 as the 'Régiment de Calvisson'. It was renamed the 1638 : 'Régiment de Montpezat' in 1638 and the 'Régiment du Limousin' in 1684, before first gaining
42nd Infantry Regiment (France)
42nd_Infantry_Regiment_(France)
Japanese Christian sect
1873) due to Christianity's repression by the Tokugawa shogunate (April 1638). The term is particularly used today for those who have refused to embrace
Kakure_Kirishitan
Japanese rebel and martyr (1621? – 1638)
Masuda Shirō Tokisada (益田 四郎 時貞; c. 1621 – 28 February 1638), also known as Amakusa Shirō (天草 四郎), was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader
Amakusa_Shirō
Minister of the Church of Scotland
parish of Dundee in 1638 was unsuccessful. Lindsay signed the National Covenant in 1638 and was a member of the General Assemblies of 1638 and 1639 where episcopacy
David_Lindsay_(minister)
Bible story in the Book of Daniel
earliest known uses of the phrase in English was by Captain L. Brinckmair in 1638, whose report "The Warnings of Germany" during the Thirty Years' War cautioned
Belshazzar's_feast
Maharaja of Marwar from 1619 to 1638
October 1595 – 6 May 1638) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Marwar, who reigned as Gaj Singh I from 7 September 1619 until his death in 1638. He held the title
Gaj_Singh_I
Dutch Bishop (1585-1638)
name Cornelius Jansenius; also Corneille Jansen; 28 October 1585 – 6 May 1638) was the Dutch Catholic bishop of Ypres in Flanders and the father of a theological
Cornelius_Jansen
1637 – Almshouses at Moretonhampstead, England, built in surviving form. 1638 May 13 – Construction begins on the Red Fort in Delhi for Mughal Emperor
1630s_in_architecture
In the history of Baghdad, the period from 1638 to 1704 began with the Fall of Baghdad after the Ottoman Empire occupied the city from the Safavid. It
History of Baghdad (1638–1704)
History_of_Baghdad_(1638–1704)
Series of paintings by Nicolas Poussin
catalogued as The Abduction of the Sabine Women. The second, painted in 1637 or 1638, is in the Louvre in Paris, catalogued as L'enlèvement des Sabines. The theme
The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin)
The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women_(Poussin)
Daughter of Oliver Cromwell (1638–1720)
Frances Cromwell, Lady Russell (c. 6 December 1638 – 27 January 1720) was the ninth child and youngest daughter of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the
Frances_Cromwell
Dutch artist (1607 – after 1638)
Sara van Baalbergen (1607 – after 1638), was a Dutch Golden Age artist. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) she was the first
Sara_van_Baalbergen
article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1638. January 3 – Joost van den Vondel's historical play Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
1638_in_literature
Irish archbishop
John Vesey (10 March 1638 – 28 March 1716) was a Church of Ireland clergyman. He was born in Coleraine, son of Thomas Vesey, the local rector. His grandfather
John Vesey (archbishop of Tuam)
John_Vesey_(archbishop_of_Tuam)
Spanish composer and bassoonist
Fray Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c. 1595, in Cuenca – after 1638) was a Spanish Baroque composer and virtuoso player of the dulcian. He was an Augustinian
Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde
Bartolomé_de_Selma_y_Salaverde
Russian lawyer and nobleman (1638–1713)
(Fedor) Abramovich Lopukhin (Russian - Илларион (Фёдор) Аврамович Лопухин; 1638 - 21 March 1713) was a Russian lawyer, nobleman, colonel, courtier and Boyar
Feodor_Lopukhin
17th-century Jewish editor and writer
Eleazar ben Abraham Ḥanok Perles Altschul (died in Prague between 1632 and 1638) was a Jewish editor and writer. Altschul was the editor of several works
Eleazar_Altschul
Irish landowner, Judge and Privy Councillor (c. 1638 – 1721)
Denis Daly PC (Ire)(c. 1638–1721), was an Irish landowner, Judge and Privy Councillor. Daly was a son of James Daly of Carrownakelly, County Galway, and
Denis_Daly_(judge)
British joint-stock company (1600–1858)
1600 to 1621; in Crosby House, Bishopsgate from 1621 to 1638; and in Leadenhall Street from 1638 to 1648, the company moved into Craven House, an Elizabethan
East_India_Company
Danish scientist and Catholic bishop (1638 – 1686)
Latinized to Nicolas Steno or Nicolaus Stenonius; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686 [NS: 11 January 1638 – 5 December 1686]) was a Danish scientist, a pioneer
Nicolas_Steno
1638
1638
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a regional name for someone who had migrated from further west.This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English whit ‘white’ + man ‘man’, either a nickname with the same sense as White, or else an occupational name for a servant of a bearer of the nickname White.John Whitman settled in Weymouth, MA, in about 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : from a medieval personal name, a diminutive of Dennis 1.This name was brought to America in 1638 by Thomas Tenney, a member of a party led by the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers from Rowley, Yorkshire, England, to found Rowley, MA. Most (probably all) modern American families with this name are descended from him.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó DuinnÃn (see Dineen).English : patronymic from a variant of Dunn 2.Sir George Downing (1623–84), baronet, member of Parliament, and ambassador to the Netherlands in the time of both Cromwell and King Charles II, was the second graduate of the first class (1642) at Harvard College. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Emmanuel Downing of the Inner Temple and his second wife, Lucy Winthrop, sister of John Winthrop. The family emigrated to New England in 1638 and settled at Salem, MA.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Marchand.John Marchant (c.1600–c.1668) was in Newport, RI, before 1638. In that year he moved to Braintree, MA, then to Watertown, MA (1642), and finally to Yarmouth, MA (1648). His descendants included many sea captains and other prominent people.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Joslin.The Josselyn name appears in Black Point (now Scarborough, ME) before 1638, when the author John Josselyn came to visit his brother Henry, who was for many years a principal representative in eastern New England of the interests of the Mason and Gorges heirs, which were endangered by the Massachusetts Bay colony’s expansion into Maine. Their father was Sir Thomas Josselyn, of Torrell’s Hall in Willingale, Essex, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin, perhaps, as Reaney suggests, from a pet form of the Old English personal name Wippa, or perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a whipple tree, whatever that may have been. Chaucer lists whippletree (probably a kind of dogwood) along with maple, thorn, beech, hazel, and yew.Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, in about 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places so named from Old English ēa ‘river’ or ēg ‘island’, ‘low-lying land’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.Nathaneal Eaton, born in Coventry, England, in about 1609, came to MA in 1637 and was the first head of Harvard College, in 1638–39.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city of Worcester, named from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) + a British tribal name of uncertain origin.Rev. William Worcester emigrated from England and settled in Salisbury, MA, before 1638. He had many prominent descendants, including Noah Worcester (b. 1758) and Samuel Worcester (b. 1770), both NH Congregational clergymen, and Joseph Emerson Worcester (1784–1865), a noted lexicographer, geographer, and historian.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a white-leather dresser, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + taw(i)er ‘tawer’ (from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) ‘to prepare’).John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92), poet and active opponent of slavery, was descended from Thomas Whittier, who came to MA from England in 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ (Old English gÅd) + year, yere ‘year’, bestowed on someone who frequently used the expression, perhaps in the sense ‘(as I hope to have a) good year’ or as a New Year salutation. Alternatively, it may have been from an Americanized form of French Gauthier.English translation of German Gutjahr, originally a nickname for someone born on New year’s Day.The inventor of vulcanized rubber, Charles Goodyear (1800–60) was of the fourth generation descended from Stephen Goodyear (1598–1658), who succeeded Gov. Theophilus Eaton as leader of the company of London merchants that founded the New Haven colony in CT in 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Holyoak.Edward Holyoke emigrated from England and settled in Lynn, MA, in 1638. His descendants include Rev. Edward Holyoke, president of Harvard College from 1737 to 1769, and other prominent educators.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’ (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).Irish : reduced form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.Surname adopted by bearers of the Jewish surname Warshawski, Warshawsky or some other Jewish name bearing some similarity to the English name.Americanized form of French Guerin.The surname Ward was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), author of the MA legal code, was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Agawam (Ipswich, MA) in 1633. William Ward was one of the original settlers of Sudbury, MA, in about 1638. Miles Ward came from England to Salem, MA, in about 1639. Thomas Ward (d. 1689) settled in Newport, RI, in 1671; among his descendants were two governors of colonial RI.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Probably a habitational name from an unidentified place, possibly Hadleigh in Suffolk. The name has died out in England.Nathanael Hadlock is recorded in Charlestown, MA, in 1638, having emigrated from Great Bromley in Essex, England. The family subsequently moved to Roxbury, MA.
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English
English : from the Old Norse personal name Þorgils, composed of the name of the Norse god of thunder, Þorr + gils ‘hostage’, ‘pledge’. However, the inorganic initial s- is not easily explained; it may be the result of Old French influence.Edward Sturgis of England settled in Charlestown in 1634 and moved to Yarmouth, MA, in 1638. His descendants included a revolutionary war soldier and Cape Cod shipmaster, and a Massachusetts legislator.
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English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a game park, or an occupational name for someone employed in one, from Anglo-Norman French warrene or Middle English wareine ‘warren’, ‘piece of land for breeding game’.Irish : adopted as an Englsih form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane, Warner).The surname Warren was brought to North America from England independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Richard Warren, a London merchant, was one of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. John Warren came to Salem, MA, in 1630 on the Arbella, and was the founder of an influential 18th-century Boston family. Arthur Warren emigrated to Weymouth, MA, before 1638.
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English (West Yorkshire)
English (West Yorkshire) : habitational name from a place in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Winchelesuuorde, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Wincel meaning ‘child’ + Old English worð ‘enclosure’.Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705), Puritan poet and preacher, was brought from Yorkshire to New England as a child in 1638. His first home was in Charlestown, MA; subsequently, he settled in New Haven, CT. From 1651 onward he was a fellow of Harvard College; in 1654 he was appointed minister at Malden, MA. His son and grandson, both named Edward were professors of divinity at Harvard.
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English
English : patronymic from Wick 2, or variant of the habitational name Wick, with genitive or plural -s. There has been much confusion between this name and Weeks.In 1638 Richard Wickes (also known as Richard Atwick), of Staines, Middlesex, England, died, leaving a bequest to “my son John Wickes now living in New England.†This John Wickes came from London, England, to Plymouth, MA, in 1635, and subsequently settled at Portsmouth, RI.
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English
English : variant spelling of Weedon.James Weeden emigrated from England to Newport, RI, in 1638.
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : topographic name for someone who lived ‘at the end of the cottages’, from Middle English, Old English ende ‘end’ + cot ‘cottage’. One locality so named is Endicott in Cadbury, Devon; another is now called Youngcott, in Milton Abbot.John Endecott (1588–1665) was a prominent figure in the early history of MA, being one of the founding fathers of Salem, MA, in 1638. He served as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629–30), and worked harmoniously with his successor, John Winthrop, despite differences on points of religious doctrine. He served as governor again in 1644–45, 1649–50, 1651–54, and 1655–64, and as deputy governor in many of the intervening years. He is buried in the King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston.
1638
1638
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Joy of Love; One who Enjoy the World
Girl/Female
Indian
Interrupter of the sacrifice of Daksha
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Smile of Goddess Lalita
Male
Babylonian
, man of Kush.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a Raga
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Evening
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Bright and Luminous
Boy/Male
Australian, Biblical, Christian, French, Hebrew, Jewish
In Strength; Swiftness
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
A kingdom.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil
Goddess Lakshmi
1638
1638
1638
1638
1638
n.
An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."