When John David Wade was born in 1799, in Virginia, United States, his father, Jonadab Wade, was 47 and his mother, Mary Ann Dillard, was 23. He married Anne Cook on 31 May 1822, in Greene, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Baker, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Mitchell, Georgia, United States in 1860. He died in 1863, in Pelham, Mitchell, Georgia, United States, at the age of 64.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Wade (Old English Wada or, via Norman French, from ancient Germanic Wado, of unclear origin but possibly related to Old English wadan ‘to go’).
English: topographic name from Middle English wade ‘ford’ (Old English (ge)wæd ‘ford, especially a tidal crossing’) for someone who lived by a ford, or a habitational name from a place so called, such as Wade Hall in North Cove (Suffolk).
Irish: shortened and altered from Mac Uaid, see McQuaid .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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