When Nancy Herring was born on 29 March 1802, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Fielding Herring, was 38 and her mother, Wineford Creed, was 33. She married John McCoy on 13 December 1827, in Jefferson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Shelby Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Cedar Township, Lucas, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 3 November 1894, in Lucas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Cedar, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1816: Pittsburgh Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States 1823: Shelby Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States
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English (London), Dutch, and German: metonymic occupational name for a herring fisher or for a seller of the fish, or perhaps for someone who habitually ate herring, from Middle English hering (Old English hǣring, hēring), Dutch haring, Middle High German hærinc. In some cases it may have been a nickname in the sense of a trifle, something of little value, a meaning which is found in medieval phrases and proverbial expressions such as ‘to like neither herring nor barrel’, i.e. not to like something at all.
German: habitational name from Herringen in Westphalia.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hering .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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