Brief Life History of Tabitha
When Tabitha Towle was born on 1 May 1697, in Hampton, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin Towle, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Bowden, was 26. She married Jonathan Tuck on 22 February 1721, in Hampton, Talbot, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 12 August 1766, in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, at the age of 69, and was buried in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Tabitha Towle, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
- Tabitha Tole, "New Hampshire, Marriages, 1720-1920"
- Tabitha Towle Tuck, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English (mainly Nottinghamshire):
from Middle English Tolle or Tole, usually a pet form of Anglo-Norman Torald, a well-used personal name by the Normans in Normandy and England and ultimately from Old Norse Thóraldr(Thórr the god Thor + vald ‘power, rule’). Middle English Tole was also an Anglicized form of Old Norse Tóli (see Tooley ) and could alternatively have derived from Old English Tola. Compare Tolson .
variant of Towell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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