Nancy Eager

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Eager was born on 6 December 1788, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonathan Eager, was 23 and her mother, Rebecca Cowee, was 20. She married Pearson Farrar about 1807, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Genesee Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1870. She died on 10 August 1876, in Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Pearson Farrar
1785–1869
Nancy Eager
1788–1876
Marriage: about 1807
Meroa Farrar
1807–1893
Schyler V Farrar
1810–1860
Melitta Farrar
1811–1840
Angeline Farrar
1816–1904
Adaline Farrar
1816–1905
Ora Pearson Farrar
1818–1907
William H Farrar
1821–1824
Chandler C. Farrar
1824–1855
Chauncy Farrar
1824–1863

Sources (18)

  • Nancy Farrar, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Nancy Eager Farrar, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Nancy Eager in entry for Ora P Farret, "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"

World Events (8)

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

1805

The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English: in most cases probably a variant of Agar or Ager . The name might also have arisen as a nickname from Middle English egre ‘sharp, sour’ (Old French aigre), which developed various transferred senses when applied to people, including ‘impetuous’, ‘fierce’, and ‘angry’, and is the source of the modern English word eager. However, no Middle English examples of this kind have been found.

Irish (Cork and Wexford): variant of English Agar . Compare Eagar .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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