When Sarah Ford was born on 14 October 1692, in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Ford, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Ford, was 28. She married Thomas Faunce Jr on 12 July 1711, in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 8 August 1717, in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 24.
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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.
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