When Rachel Hocquard was born about 1777, in Trinity, Jersey, her father, Philippe Hocquard, was 46 and her mother, Jeanne De Gruchy, was 43. She married Jean Blampied on 8 January 1801, in Trinity, Jersey. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 18 May 1850, in her hometown, at the age of 74, and was buried in Trinity, Jersey.
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Biblical name (meaning ‘ewe’ in Hebrew), borne by the beloved wife of Jacob and mother (after long barrenness) of Joseph (Genesis 28–35) and of Benjamin, at whose birth she died. In the Middle Ages and subsequently this was regarded as a characteristically Jewish name, but it is now also popular among Gentiles.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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