Jerusha Aiken

Brief Life History of Jerusha

When Jerusha Aiken was born on 26 April 1762, in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ensign John Aiken Sr., was 38 and her mother, Jerusha Atwood, was 31. She married Jedediah Fay on 12 November 1778, in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 10 July 1788, at the age of 26.

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Family Time Line

Jedediah Fay
1755–
Jerusha Aiken
1762–1788
Marriage: 12 November 1778
Galen Hough Fay
1779–

Sources (4)

  • Jerusha Aikens, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Jerusha Fay in entry for Galen Hough Fay, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
  • Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZH-LQPN?cc=2106411&wc=MCBG-STY%3A361612201%2C361857001

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  • Marriage

Children (1)

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Scottish Aitken .

History: Aiken is the name of a NH family that was prominent in the 18th century; also of a Charleston family descended from William Aiken, who emigrated from Antrim in Ireland to Charleston c. 1800.

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

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