Brief Life History of Priscilla
When Priscilla Barnhurst was born about 1816, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Barnhurst, was 36 and her mother, Priscilla Underhill, was 27. She married John Penrose Robinson on 1 July 1835, in Dorchester, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in 1862. She died on 4 November 1862, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (26)
- Pricilla Robinson in household of John P Robinson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Priscilla Barnhurst - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1817; Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
Spouse and Children
1813–1886 Male
1816–1862 Female
Children (6)
1836–1923 Female
1838–1900 Male
1840–1909 Male
1845–1905 Male
1850–1927 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1782–1857 Male
1791–1866 Female
Siblings (12)
1809–1833 Male
1811–1894 Female
1812–1882 Female
1814–1885 Male
1816–1862 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (6)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 4
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 14
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Barnhurst in Tettenhall (Staffordshire). Recorded as Barndehurst in 1317, the place is named with Middle English barnde, barnt ‘burnt’ + hurst ‘wooded hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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