Chloe Rue was born about 1768, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America as the daughter of David Rue. She married PVT Philip Adams Austin on 23 April 1789, in Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters.
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French: topographic name for someone who lived beside a road, track, or pathway, Old French rue (from Latin ruga ‘crease, fold’).
Shortened form of American French Larue 2, itself an altered form of French Leroux .
English: from Middle English rew (Old English rāw) ‘row’. The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses in a street, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Rewe (Devon), Rew Farm in Rockbeare (Devon), and Rew in Malborough (Devon). See also Rawe 1 and Rowe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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