Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Fennell was christened on 21 August 1681, in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England, her father, Thomas Fennell, was 53 and her mother, Dorcas Capell, was 47.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Mary Fennell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Fennell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Parents and Siblings
1628– Male
1634– Female
Siblings (6)
1666– Male
1668–1708 Male
1670– Male
1675–1739 Female
1681– Female
+1 More Child
World Events (3)
1688 · Glorious Revolution
1720 · South Sea Bubble
1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted
Name Meaning
English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of fennel, from Middle English fenel, finel, finol ‘fennel’ (Old English finugl, from Late Latin fenuculum). Fennel was widely used in the Middle Ages a for its medicinal and culinary uses. The surname may also have been a topographic name for someone who lived near a place where the herb grew or was grown, such as the lost place in or near Litlington and Wilmington (Kent) known only from the early surname forms.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fionnghail ‘descendant of Fionnghal’, a personal name composed of the elements fionn ‘fair, white’ + gal ‘valor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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