Brief Life History of Nancy Jane
Nancy Jane Sexton was born in 1858, in Tennessee, United States. She married Nathaniel L Butner on 9 July 1880, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Civil District 1, Bedford, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died before 1927, in Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Nancy Butner in household of Nath Butner, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: MARY JANE SEXTON - Church record: birth-name: Nancy Jane Sexton
- Nancy Jane Sexton, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
Spouse and Children
1860–1927 Male
1858–1927 Female
World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 4
1863
Age 5
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 18
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Middle English sextein(e) ‘sexton’ (Old French secrestein, medieval Latin sacristanus). The sexton was originally the officer of a church in charge of the sacred vessels and vestments, but later came to denote one who looked after the churchyard and dug graves.
English: in northern England a variant of Saxton .
English: possibly a habitational name from Sexton in Ermington (Devon), recorded as Shecoteston in 1329. The placename derives from the family of Richard Sheccoc, recorded at Sexton in 1199, + Middle English toun ‘farmstead, village, settlement’. The origin of Richard Sheccoc's name is uncertain due to confusion between c and t, as seen in the name of one of his descendants, Richard Scheccote, recorded at Sexton in 1333.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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