Maria Harley

25 July 1773–16 March 1853 (Age 79)
Salford, Upper Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Maria

When Maria Harley was born on 25 July 1773, in Salford, Upper Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Rudolph Becker Harley III, was 24 and her mother, Barbara Bach, was 22. She married David Grubb on 7 June 1792. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in North Coventry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 16 March 1853, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, East Coventry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Grubb
1768–1852
Maria Harley
1773–1853
Marriage: 7 June 1792
Rudolf Grubb
1790–1800
Abraham Grubb
1794–1866
Mary Grubb
1796–1883
Isaac Grubb
1798–1798
Peter Grubb
1801–1882
Samuel Grubb
1803–1885
Hana Grubb
1806–1853
Moses Grubb
1807–1895
Beke Grubb
1810–1811
Rebecca Grubb
1810–1811
Grubb
1813–1813

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 June 1792
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1776
    Age 3
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1776
    Age 3
    The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
    Age 21
    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from either of two places called Harley (Shropshire, Yorkshire). The Shropshire placename derives from Old English hær ‘rock, heap of stones’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Yorkshire placename derives from Old English hara ‘hare’ or hær + hlāw ‘mound, hill’, later replaced by lēah.Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghaile ‘descendant of Earghal’, a variant of the personal name Fearghal without the initial F-. This name has also become Herley and Hurley . Compare Arrell and Harrell .Scottish (Fife): habitational name from any of several places called Harlaw in Midlothian, Peeblesshire, and Berwickshire, named in Older Scots with hare ‘gray’ + law ‘hill’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Herley

    Sources (10)

    • Mary Grubb in entry for Hannah Grubb, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
    • Mary Grubb in household of David Grubb, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Mary in entry for David Grubb, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"

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