Nancy Landers

FemaleMay 1784–12 April 1858

Brief Life History of Nancy

Nancy Landers was born in May 1784, in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She married Joshua Braley on 16 June 1808, in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 12 April 1858, in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Braley
1778–1834
Nancy Landers
1784–1858
Marriage: 16 June 1808
Eunice Braley
1809–1858
Lydia Braley
1811–1845
Susannah Swift Braley
1813–1854
Mary Swift Braley
1816–1888
Jane Braley
1819–1894
Deborah Braley
1821–1853
Zacheus Braley
1824–1896
Silas Braley
1827–1864

Sources (30)

  • Nancy Brailey, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Babez in entry for Zachery Babez, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Nancy in entry for Silas Braley and <Unknown>, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 June 1808Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

    • Children (8)

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    World Events (7)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 2

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

    Age 3

    The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

    1804

    Age 20

    Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

    Name Meaning

    English (of Norman origin) and Irish: habitational name from Norman French de Londres ‘of London’, Gaelicized in Ireland as de Londras.

    English: variant of Lander , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

    German and Dutch: patronymic from Lander . Compare Landress .

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

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