Brief Life History of Zerviah
When Zerviah Dains was born on 31 March 1721, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Ebenezer Daines, was 40 and her mother, Mercy Luddington, was 29. She married Stephen Norwood about 1738, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 2 June 1756, in her hometown, at the age of 35.
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Family Time Line
Richard Rainsford
1712–1791
Zerviah Dains
1721–1756
Marriage: 29 November 1750
Benjamin Raynsford
1751–1825
Sibyl Raynsford
1753–1780
Richard Raynsford
1755–1775
Sources (8)
- Zurviah Deans, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Zurviah Deans, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Zerviah in entry for Zerviah Norwood, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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Name Meaning
English (Essex): variant of Dain , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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