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
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"
Spouse and Children
1767–1857 Male
1764– Female
Children (5)
1793–1849 Female
1796– Male
1798–1799 Female
1800– Male
1805–1873 Female
Parents and Siblings
1735–1802 Male
1733–1809 Female
Siblings (7)
1762–1804 Male
1764– Female
1767–1847 Male
1769–1818 Male
1773–1854 Female
+2 More Children
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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