Brief Life History of Silas
When Silas Tenney was born on 18 April 1750, in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Tenney, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Tyler, was 25. He died on 5 August 1756, in his hometown, at the age of 6.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Silas Tenney - birth: 18 April 1750; Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Silias Tenny, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Silas Tenney, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Tenny, of uncertain origin.
English: in southwestern England, occasionally a variant of Tinney .
History: This name was brought to America in 1638 by Thomas Tenney, a member of a party led by the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers from Rowley, east Yorkshire, England, to found Rowley, MA. Most (probably all) modern American families with this name are descended from him.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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