Rebecca Feller

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Feller was born on 7 February 1738, in Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Johann Philip Feller, was 43 and her mother, Catharina Elizabetha Rau, was 41. She married Samuel Hayner in 1754, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1783, in Brunswick, Brunswick, Rensselaer, New York, United States, at the age of 45.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Hayner
1726–
Rebecca Feller
1738–1783
Marriage: 1754
Margaret Hayner (Heiner)
1756–1866
Rebecca Hayner (Heiner)
1757–
Philippus Hayner (Honer)
1759–
Wilhelmus Hayner or Hener or Heiner
1760–
Katherina Heiner
1763–1834
Jeremiah Haner
1765–1838
Jacob Johannes Hayner
1766–1823

Sources (5)

  • Rebecca Veller, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • Rebecca in entry for Jacob Hegher, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • Rebecca Feller in entry for Catharina Hehner, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"

World Events (2)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

Name Meaning

English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a furrier, a seller of pelts or hides, from an -er agent derivative of Middle English fell, Middle Low German, Middle High German vel, German Fell or Yiddish fel ‘hide, pelt’. See also Fell .

German: variant of Felder .

German: habitational name for someone from a place called Fell near Trier or Fellen, Felln in Bavaria.

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

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