Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Farley was born in 1792, in Caswell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Hezekiah Farley, was 32 and her mother, Martha Tindle Burton, was 39. She married Henry Roper on 4 October 1810, in Caswell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Stewart, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died about 1831, in Caswell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 40.
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- Rachel Farley, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Legacy NFS Source: Rachel Farley - Published information: birth: 1792; Caswell, North Carolina, United States
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Spouse and Children
1784–1845 Male
1792–about 1831 Female
Children (9)
1811–1845 Female
1814–1862 Female
1815–1885 Female
1816–1846 Male
1816–1858 Female
+4 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1760–1808 Male
1754–1819 Female
Siblings (7)
1787–1829 Female
1788–1870 Female
1788– Male
1791–1845 Male
1784–1810 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1792 · Capital City Moved
Age 0
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 2
1803
Age 11
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Shropshire, and Sussex. From Old English fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh , Fairley , Fairlie .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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