Brief Life History of Susanah
Susanah Porter was born in 1782. She married Robert Hood Tate III about 1803. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She died after 1840, in Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Lieutenant Robert Hood Tate III - South Carolina Marriage to Susannah
Spouse and Children
1780–1867 Male
1782–1840 Female
Children (10)
1804–1881 Male
1805– Female
1806– Female
1810–1874 Female
1814– Female
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
Age 1
1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
Age 14
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 18
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .
English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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