Jesse Eaves was born in 1759, in Brunswick, Virginia, United States. He married Eaves about 1779, in Granville, North Carolina, United States. He died about 1820, in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 62.
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1759–1820 Male
1760– Female
English
topographic name or habitational name from Middle English atte evese (Old English efes ‘edge’), for someone who lived ‘at the edge’ (i.e. at the border or edge of a wood or hill) or at a place so named, particularly Eaves, in Chorley (Lancashire). Compare Reeves .
variant of Eve , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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