Brief Life History of Margaret
Margaret Hanchett was born in 1662, in Orwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Thomas Collis on 28 March 1683, in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 20 December 1705, in her hometown, at the age of 43, and was buried in Orwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Margaret in entry for Sarah Colis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Margaret in entry for William Collis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Margaret in entry for Sarah Colis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Name Meaning
English (Essex): habitational name from Hanchett Hall in Haverhill (Suffolk), which possibly means the ‘cockeral's hatch’ or ‘Hana's hatch’, from Old English hana ‘cockeral’ or the Old English personal name Hana with the same meaning + connective -ing- + hæc(c) ‘hatch, a gate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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