Rachel Farley

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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Family Time Line

Henry Roper
1784–1845
Rachel Farley
1792–about 1831
Marriage: 4 October 1810
Araminta Roper
1811–1845
William Henry Roper
1816–1846
Hezikiah Roper
1817–
Anna Eliza Roper
1814–1862
Martha Rebecca Roper
1815–1885
Janette Jane Roper
1816–1858
Mary M Roper
1818–
Sarah Roper
1824–1893
Frances Catherine Roper
1829–1896

Sources (11)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Rachel Farley - Published information: birth: 1792; Caswell, North Carolina, United States
  • Rachel Farley, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Ancestry Family Trees

World Events (8)

1792 · Capital City Moved

New Bern had been the capital of North Carolina in its early days. In 1792, the capital was moved to Raleigh because it was more the center of the state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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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