Brief Life History of John
When John Henley Sr was born on 27 December 1766, in Center MM, Guilford, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Jesse Henley, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Ann Elmore Crew, was 36. He married Keziah Nixon on 21 September 1778, in Perquimans, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Randolph, North Carolina, United States in 1830. He died on 2 June 1834, in Back Creek MM, Randolph, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Back Creek MM, Randolph, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (6)
- John Henley Snr, "United States Census, 1830"
- John and Keziah Henley Family in Quaker Back Creek Monthly Meeting, Women's Minutes [birth dates]
- John Henley & Keziah Henley, Death Records, Quaker Back Creek Monthly Meeting
Spouse and Children
1766–1834 Male
1760–1844 Female
Children (7)
1789–1873 Female
1791–1870 Male
1793–1854 Male
1794–1861 Male
1797–1854 Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1725–1801 Male
1730–1798 Female
Siblings (4)
1740–1780 Female
1766–1834 Male
1769–1851 Female
1776–1820 Male
World Events (8)
1767 · Tryon Palace
Age 1
1776
Age 10
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Henley, for example in Surrey, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Shropshire, and Suffolk. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hēan, the weak dative form of hēah ‘high’ (originally used after a preposition and an article) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. However, some, including the one in Shropshire, come from Old English henn ‘hen, wild bird’ + lēah.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIonnghaile, from a variant (without initial F-) of the personal name Fionnghal, which gave rise to Ó Fionnghaile (see Fennell ).
Possibly an Americanized form of German Henle .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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