Brief Life History of Hester
When Hester Fogg was born on 16 December 1689, in Breightmet, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Fogg, was 25 and her mother, Hesther Morrice, was 23. She married Thomas Redforth on 26 August 1713. She was buried in Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Esther Fogg, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Esther Redforth, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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Name Meaning
English (northern): possibly a variant of Fowke (see Foulk 1). It may derive from Middle English fogge ‘aftermath’ (i.e. grass left to grow after the hay has been cut, also applied to long grass in a water meadow), especially in northern England, where the term occurs as a specifying element in minor placenames, but as it is not found on its own as a simplex name, the derivation is doubtful without some supporting evidence. The word fogge, which is probably of Old Norse origin, is still in use as a dialect term in Craven, Yorkshire, and in eastern Lancashire. modern English fog ‘thick mist’ is first attested in the 16th century and is unlikely to be the source of the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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