Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Hamlin was born on 7 September 1720, in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Elkanah Hamlin, was 35 and her mother, Abigail Hamblin, was 35. She died in 1722, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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- IMAGE 267 OF 663 TAGGED IN MEMORIES; BIRTH AND DEATH; Rachel Hamlin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Rachel Hamlin, "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995"
- Rachel Hamlin, "Massachusetts, Church Records, 1630-1943"
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Name Meaning
English and Irish: of Norman origin, from the Norman French and Middle English personal name Hamelin, a double diminutive of Hamo (see Hammond ).
French: variant of Hamelin and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Americanized form of Finnish Hämäläinen (see Hamalainen ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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