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  1. Apr 26, 2022 · But when America joined the Second World War in 1941, William re-enlisted, working as a supply officer, reaching the rank of Commander before retiring again after the war.

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    • The Movement Comes to America
    • Educating The Urban Poor
    • Sunday Schools and The Civil War

    Like other aspects of British culture, the Sunday school movement quickly jumped the Atlantic. While the Sunday instruction of children was probably ongoing in the New England colonies by 1670, the first school modeled on Raikes's system was begun by William Elliott in Accomac County, Virginia, in the mid-1780s. The philanthropic Elliott hosted the...

    Fuelled by the country's growing nationalistic fervor, the Sunday school movement of the early 1800s established its deepest roots in America's most established towns and cities. In Boston; Baltimore; Hartford, Connecticut; Charleston, South Carolina; and New York City independent schools were soon replaced by schools organized and monitored by soc...

    In the United States, the Sunday school movement travelled along with the tides of migration to points west and south, and within four years of its founding the ASSU had shepherded the spread of Sunday schools across twenty-eight states. In addition to producing Christian literature attractive to younger children, the organization also sent mission...

  2. Apr 28, 2022 · Researchers found William Elliott moved to the US when he was 19 years old and joined the US Navy, and was later buried a hero at Arlington Cemetery.

  3. Apr 27, 2022 · Yesterday the Daily Express revealed how he emigrated to America, found the love he craved, became a US Navy Commander in the Second World War and founded his own dynasty.

  4. Sep 4, 2022 · Andrew Elliott and all who came to America were of the common people. The first to come were the children of Bennett, who came from the south of England (Cornwall), with the Pilgrims of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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    • February 28, 1603
    • Emma (UNKNOWN) Elliott, Emme Eliott
  5. Oct 28, 2011 · William Elliott was transported to Va by Frances Yardley, Nov 15, 1648. (Lower Norfolk Co Rec.) He was granted land in Gloucester Co Va, 110a, 1672, and appears as a tithable in Surry Co (Sunken Marsh) June 8, 1681.

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  7. Mar 8, 2023 · Mar 8, 2023. -- William Elliott sits on a park bench beneath Fall trees. To his left sits Leif his Black Labrador Retriever Guide Dog ( Photo William Elliott) So this year 2023 sees the seventeenth...