When Thomas Ford II was born on 15 April 1714, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Ford I, was 22 and his mother, Leah Price, was 25. He married Charlotte Cockey Deye about 1740, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1787, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 73.
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Historical Boundaries: 1729: Baltimore, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1851: *Baltimore City, Maryland, United States. *Became Independent City from Baltimore County.
Baltimore Timeline: 1729: Founded 1745: Absorbed Oldtown or Jonestown, and Fells Point 1768: County seat of Baltimore County 1796: Jonestown, Fells Point and Baltimore incorporated as City of Baltimore 1851: independent City
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English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSource: Baltimore County, Maryland Wills Repository: Family History Library; Salt Lake City, Utah Call No. FHL13590 Book 1 p. 435 Testator: Thomas Ford Sr. of Baltimore County, Maryland Will date: No …
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