Researching James Alday
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15 people with the Alday surname? In that year Alday was ranked number 3564 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Alday on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Alday and the Alday Family History
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Some Famous People called James Alday
James Alday
James Alday (1516–1576?) was a 16th-century English navigator, explorer and privateer. He participated in raids against the Spanish with fellow privateers James Logan and William Cooke during the 1540s and is credited, along with Sebastian Cabot and Henry Ostrich, of the start of regular trading between England and the Barbary coast.
He himself claimed to have organised the earliest known voyage to the Barbary coast "inventing the Barbary trade" and, although intending to command the expedition himself, Alday was forced to turn his command to another due to illness. This voyage was not successful however and a rival expedition commanded by Thomas Windham became the first to arrive there in 1551. His claim has generally been dismissed partly due to his involvement in piracy as well as lack of evidence.
Source: James Alday, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Alday
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