When Hannah L. Ray was born on 17 March 1829, in Yancey, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Ray, was 21 and her mother, Hannah Jane Jennings, was 21. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Hezikiah Barnett Ray. She lived in Madison, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Township 4 Beech Glenn, Madison, North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 13 January 1903, in Erwin, Unicoi, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Erwin, Unicoi, Tennessee, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Ray or Rey, perhaps a pet form of names beginning in Ray or Rey, especially Raymond .
English: nickname from Old French rei ‘king’, denoting someone who behaved in a regal fashion, one with the bearing of a king, or referring to the mock king or lord in festive games and pageants, e.g. at Christmas, May Day, or harvest. Compare Roy and King .
English: nickname from Middle English ræghe (Old English rǣge) ‘female roe deer’ or in northern England more likely northern Middle English rā, raa, rae, ray (Old English rā) ‘roe deer’, perhaps for a timid person or swift runner. Compare Roe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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