Mary " Molly" Henry

Brief Life History of Mary " Molly"

When Mary " Molly" Henry was born on 7 April 1763, in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Capt. Malcolm Henry, was 25 and her mother, Dorothy "Dolly" Blair, was 25. She married James Monroe Moore, Sr. on 29 July 1781, in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 5 June 1810, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

James Monroe Moore, Sr.
1755–1834
Mary " Molly" Henry
1763–1810
Marriage: 29 July 1781
Dorothy Dolly Moore
1783–
Charlotte Moore
1795–
James Monroe Moore, Jr.
1784–1841
Mary " Polly" Moore
1786–
John Moore
1788–
Susanna Chester Moore
1793–
Harriet Moore
1797–
Clarissa Moore
1798–1868
William B. Moore
1799–

Sources (12)

  • Mary Henry, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Mary Henry, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Mary Henry, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

Name Meaning

English, French, Walloon, and West Indian (mainly Jamaica and Haiti): from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements haim, heim ‘home’ + rīc ‘power, ruler’, introduced to England by the Normans in the form Henri. During the Middle Ages this name became enormously popular in England and was borne by eight kings. Continental forms of the personal name were equally popular throughout Europe. In the period in which the majority of English surnames were formed, a common English vernacular form of the name was Harry, hence the surnames Harris (southern) and Harrison (northern). Official documents of the period normally used the Latinized form Henricus. In medieval times, English Henry absorbed an originally distinct Old English personal name that had hagan ‘hawthorn’ (compare Hain 2) as its first element, and there has also been confusion with Amery. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. German Heinrich , and also their derivatives, e.g. Swedish Henriksson (see Henrikson ). Compare Henri .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInnéirghe ‘descendant of Innéirghe’, a byname based on éirghe ‘arising’.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Éinrí or Mac Einri, patronymics from the personal names Éinrí, Einri, Irish forms of Henry. It is also found as a variant of McEnery .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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