Brief Life History of John
John Mack was born in 1786, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States as the son of John Mack and Nancy J Trotter. He married Nancy Pogue on 14 February 1842, in McDonald, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 6 November 1873, in Walton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 87.
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Sources (9)
- John Mack, "United States Census, 1840"
- John Mack, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
- Georgia, U.S., Returns of Qualified Voters and Reconstruction Oath Books, 1867-1869
Spouse and Children
1786–1873 Male
1786–1845 Female
Children (7)
1808–1886 Male
1812–1889 Male
1813– Male
1814–1897 Male
1814– Male
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Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 0
1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union
Age 2
1812
Age 26
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from the Old Norse personal name Makkr, representing an Old Irish name Mac ‘son’ Latinized as Maccus. It was once thought that Maccus was a form of Magnus , but this is not so.
Scottish and Irish: possibly from a shortened form of any of the many Scottish and Irish surnames beginning with Mac- ‘son’, a nickname that occasionally became encoded as a nickname and thence perhaps as a genuine surname, but the evidence for this is thin.
North German and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Macco, Makko, a pet form of a compound name with the first element māg- ‘kinsman’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the much more common Dutch variant Mak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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