When Alida Tack was born about 1742, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States, her father, Johannes Tak, was 35 and her mother, Sara, Tak, Elmendorf, was 31. She married Jacob Salomon Freer in 1758, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 26 August 1828, in Ulster, New York, United States, at the age of 87.
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North German, Dutch, and Flemish: from Middle Low German tack(e), Middle Dutch tac ‘twig, branch’, possibly a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn with the sign of a branch, or perhaps a metaphoric (ironic) nickname. e.g. for a big man. Compare Dutch Tak .
North German, East Frisian, North Frisian, West Frisian, Dutch, and Flemish: from a shortened form of the Frisian personal name Tjadeke or of any other pet form of a compound name based on the ancient Germanic element theud ‘people, race’ (compare Tabbert 2). This surname is very rare in North, East, and West Frisia.
North German: from a short form of a personal name formed with Old High German tac ‘day’ + berht ‘bright’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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