When Tamar Fell was born on 25 January 1706, in Makefield, Lower Makefield Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Fell, was 37 and her mother, Bridget Willson, was 32. She married David Ogborn Kinsey on 30 January 1735, in Buckingham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 13 June 1744, in Buckingham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 38.
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English (mainly northern): from northern Middle English fel(l) ‘fell, hill, mountain’ (Old Norse fell, fjall), a topographic name denoting someone who lived on a fell, or an area of high ground.
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a furrier, a dealer in hides or skins, from Middle English fel, Middle High German vel, German Fell or Yiddish fel, all of which mean ‘skin, hide’, or ‘pelt’. Yiddish fel refers to untanned hide, in contrast to pelts ‘tanned hide’ (see Pilcher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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