Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Love was born on 13 September 1747, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, her father, Daniel Love, was 22 and her mother, Catharine Norris, was 26. She married General James Kenan R.S. on 13 March 1770, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 22 March 1819, in her hometown, at the age of 71, and was buried in Graham Cemetery, Kenansville, Duplin, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Sarah Love Kenan, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Kenan - 1816 - Duplin County, NC - Wills
- Find A Grave Index
Spouse and Children
1740–1810 Male
1747–1819 Female
Children (9)
1771–1843 Male
1772– Female
1773–1847 Female
1775–1822 Female
1780– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1725–1753 Male
1722–1808 Female
Siblings (2)
1744–1781 Male
1747–1819 Female
World Events (6)
1776
Age 29
1776
Age 29
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 39
Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English female name Lufu ‘love’, or the masculine equivalent Lufa. Compare Leaf 2.
English and Scottish: nickname from Anglo-Norman French love ‘she-wolf’ or simply ‘wolf’, the word love being a back-formation from the diminutive forms lovel and lovet ‘little wolf’. See also Low 3, from Anglo-Norman French lou, the more usual form of the word.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin (see McKinnon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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