Dinah Barber

31 May 1729–19 December 1804 (Age 75)
South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Dinah

When Dinah Barber was born on 31 May 1729, in South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Barber, was 29 and her mother, Avis Tanner, was 29. She married Joseph Enos Jr on 21 January 1759, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. She died on 19 December 1804, in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Greene
1708–1793
Dinah Barber
1729–1804
Marriage: 16 October 1762

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 October 1762Exeter, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (5)

    1763 · First Synagogue in America
    Age 34
    The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
    1772 · The Gaspee Affair
    Age 43
    On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
    1776
    Age 47
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a barber, from Middle English barb(o)ur ‘barber’ (Anglo-Norman French barber, Old French barbier, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’). In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards, but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’ (compare 1 above).Catalan: occupational name for a barber, barber (see 1 above).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Barbier
    Berber
    Barbero
    Barbieri
    Barbour
    Borbely
    Barbeau

    Sources (3)

    • Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Dinah Barber (birth)
    • Dinah Barber in the Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 (marriage)
    • Dinah [Diamy] Barber Green, "Find A Grave Index"

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