Mehitabel Eager

Brief Life History of Mehitabel

When Mehitabel Eager was born on 21 August 1764, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Fortunatus Eager, was 29 and her mother, Tamar Houghton, was 30. She married John Buss in 1792, in Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.

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Family Time Line

John Buss
1767–1857
Mehitabel Eager
1764–
Marriage: 1792
Betsey Buss
1793–1849
John Buss
1796–
Dennice Buss
1798–1799
Fortunatus Horland Buss
1800–
Adeline Buss
1805–1873

Sources (19)

  • Mehetibel Eager, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Mahitable Buss in entry for Adeline Putnam, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
  • Mehitabel Buss in entry for Addeline Buss, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Name Meaning

English: in most cases probably a variant of Agar or Ager . The name might also have arisen as a nickname from Middle English egre ‘sharp, sour’ (Old French aigre), which developed various transferred senses when applied to people, including ‘impetuous’, ‘fierce’, and ‘angry’, and is the source of the modern English word eager. However, no Middle English examples of this kind have been found.

Irish (Cork and Wexford): variant of English Agar . Compare Eagar .

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

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