Brief Life History of Bethena
When Bethena Bailey was born in 1785, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, her father, Abraham Bailey, was 26 and her mother, Charity Dawson, was 23. She married Jesse Moran on 15 September 1808, in Baldwin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Tallapoosa City, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States in 1850. She died about 1868, in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Bethena Moran in household of Jessie Moran, "United States Census, 1850"
- Theny Baily, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
- Bethena Moran, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1784–1855 Male
1785–1868 Female
Children (13)
about 1809–1880 Female
1811–1860 Male
1814–1871 Male
1815–1880 Male
1816–1842 Female
+8 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1760– Male
1762–1850 Female
Siblings (2)
1785–1868 Female
1790–1834 Male
World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 1
1789 · Becomes 12th State
Age 4
1808
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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