Leah Hendrickse Spier

Brief Life History of Leah Hendrickse

When Leah Hendrickse Spier was born in 1711, in Belleville Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Hendrick or Hanse Jansen Spier, was 26 and her mother, Rachel Teunese Pier, was 26. She married Johannis Arentsen Toers in 1728, in New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died in 1733, in New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 22.

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Family Time Line

Johannis Arentsen Toers
1706–
Leah Hendrickse Spier
1711–1733
Marriage: 1728
Rachel Toers
1729–
Leah Toers
1732–

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  • Magdaleena Spear in entry for Hendrik Jacobus, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Erhardt, Gerd, Ewald, Ilse, Kurt, Monika, Otto.

English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English spier(e) ‘spy, watchman, scout’ (Old French espierre, espieur).

English: variant of Spear .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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