When Mary Haley was born on 12 June 1771, in Wells, York, Maine, United States, her father, Joseph Haley, was 33 and her mother, Mary Goodwin, was 29. She married Downing Goodwin on 5 July 1792, in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 21 March 1836, in Albany, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 64.
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English: habitational name from Hailey (Oxfordshire), Heylee in Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire), Haley in Northowram (Yorkshire), or one or other of the places called Highley in Parracombe and Upottery (Devon). All the placenames derive from Old English hēg ‘hay’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’, except Highley in Upottery, whose first element may be Old English hēah ‘high’.
English (southeastern): aspirated pronunciation of Ayley, a variant of Aylett .
Irish: adopted form of Mac Céile, see McHale .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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