Brief Life History of Moses
When Moses Varney was born on 10 September 1734, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, Stephen Varney, was 37 and his mother, Mercy Hanson, was 35. He married Mary Estes on 25 March 1761, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 12 March 1803, at the age of 68.
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- Moses Varney, 1734, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Unknown, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- Moses Varney in entry for Ruth Varney, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from a French place called Vernay, probably chiefly Saint-Paul-de-Vernay (Calvados). The placename comes from a derivative of Gaulish verno- ‘alder’ + the locative suffix -acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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