Brief Life History of Mordecai
When Mordecai Moseley was born before 1744, in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, John Mosley, was 54 and his mother, Sarah Mawdesley, was 23. He married Rebekah Duvall about 1775, in Franklin, Marshall, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. He died on 28 November 1826, in Franklin County, Virginia, United States, and was buried in Franklin County, Virginia, United States.
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- Ancestry.com: 1810 United States Federal Census
- Ancestry.com: Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
- Ancestry.com: Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900
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World Events (7)
1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): habitational name from Moseley by Birmingham (Worcestershire) or, less probably, from Moseley near Worcester (Worcestershire) or Moseley in West Dean (Gloucestershire). Moseley by Birmingham probably takes its name from an Old English personal name Mūsa or Old English mūs ‘mouse’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The other placenames derive from Old English mos ‘moss, bog’ + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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