When Hannah Joanna Roe was born in 1742, in Rombout Precinct, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Roe, was 38 and her mother, Susanna Price, was 34. She married Johannes John Van Vorhis on 15 April 1762, in New York City, New York County, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died about 1770, in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 29.
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English: nickname from Middle English ro(o) ‘roe deer’ (Old English rā). This is the midland and southern form, also found in South Yorkshire and Lancashire. In much of northern England, however, rā remained unrounded and survives as Ray 3.
English: post-medieval variant of Wroe (see Wray ). Wroe may also have been used as a spelling of Roe .
English: post-medieval variant of Row (or vice versa); see Rowe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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