Rachel Ellis

Brief Life History of Rachel

When Rachel Ellis was born on 25 November 1788, in Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Ellis, was 37 and her mother, Mercy Cox, was 27. She married Jacob Haines on 24 August 1815, in Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Muncy Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died on 12 January 1862, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Haines
1788–1866
Rachel Ellis
1788–1862
Marriage: 24 August 1815
William Ellis Haines M.D.
1816–1846
Mary Ellis Haines
1818–1892
Mercy Haines
1820–1821
Jesse Ellis Haines
1822–1895
Sarah Ellis Haines
1824–1900
Anna Morris Haines
1826–1851
Emma Haines
1827–
Rebecca Ellis Haines
1828–1910
Rachel Ellis Haines
1830–1904

Sources (33)

  • Rachel Heinz in household of Jacob Heinz, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Rachel Haines, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Rachel E Haines, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

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World Events (7)

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

1795

Historical Boundaries: 1795: Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .

English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .

Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.

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

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