Brief Life History of Deborah
When Deborah Makepeace was born on 13 January 1699, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Makepeace Jr., was 36 and her mother, Abigail Tisdale, was 31. She married George Gurley in 1748, in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. She died in 1750, at the age of 51.
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- Deborah Makepease, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Deborah Gurley (born Makepeace), 'WikiTree'
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English make (Old English macian) + peis, pes ‘make peace’, probably for a professional arbitrator or for someone known for his skill at patching up quarrels, although it may also have been used ironically (see Pace ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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