When Joseph Eagle was born on 19 October 1785, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Philip Eagle, was 28 and his mother, Hannah Long, was 21. He married Rosena Furr on 14 April 1813, in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States in 1820 and Maury, Tennessee, United States in 1840. He died in 1842, in Pulaski, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Whitley Cemetery, Lonoke, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States.
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English: nickname from Middle English egle ‘eagle’ (Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Laigle in Orne, France, the name of which ostensibly means ‘the eagle’, although it is possible that the recorded forms result from the operation of early folk etymology on some unknown original. Matilda de Aquila is recorded in 1129 as the widow of Robert Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘eagle’, for example German and Jewish Adler , Polish and Jewish Orzeł (see Orzel ), Slovenian Orel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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