Dinah Ring

Brief Life History of Dinah

When Dinah Ring was born on 18 December 1783, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Joseph Ring III, was 26 and her mother, Susan Winston Fountain, was 24. She married Joseph Holbrook on 1 December 1803, in Stokes, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 16 April 1852, in Centerville, Hickman, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Pope, Perry, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Holbrook
1781–1863
Dinah Ring
1783–1852
Marriage: 1 December 1803
James Halbrook
1804–1880
Rice Holbrook
1826–1863
Thomas Halbrook
1807–1864
Nancy Halbrook
1809–1875
John R. Halbrooks
1810–1863
Lettice Halbrook
1813–1816
Fount Halbrooks
1813–
Margaret Peggy Halbrooks
1815–
Araminta Halbrooks
1818–
Jesse Halbrooks
1819–1820
Caroline Holbrook
1822–1903
William Carroll Holbrook
1824–1824
George W. Halbrook
1825–1899
Joseph Fountain Halbrook
1828–1894
Elias D Halbrook
1830–1864

Sources (14)

  • Dinnah Halbrook in household of Joseph Halbrook, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Diana Ring, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Dinah Ring, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1789 · Becomes 12th State

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English, Danish, German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rings (from Middle English ring, Middle High German rinc, Middle Dutch ring), either to be worn as jewelry or as component parts of chain-mail, harnesses, and other objects. It may also have arisen as a nickname for a wearer of a ring. This name (of German origin) is also found in Slovenia and in Czechia. Compare English Ringer and German Rink .

Norwegian: variant of Ringen .

German: topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rink, rinc ‘circle’ for someone who lived at a square or market place; or a nickname for a quick or slight, small person, from Middle High German ringe ‘quick, nimble; small, not noteworthy’.

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

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