Rachel Fetterman

24 July 1783–16 September 1874 (Age 91)
Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Rachel

When Rachel Fetterman was born on 24 July 1783, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Michael Featherman, was 50 and her mother, Hannah Sturgis, was 39. She married James Freeland I on 15 October 1801, in Perry, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 16 September 1874, at the age of 91.

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Family Time Line

James Freeland I
1774–1824
Rachel Fetterman
1783–1874
Marriage: 15 October 1801
George Freeland
1802–1894
John Freeland I
1804–1880
Polly Freeland
1806–1805
Jeane Freeland
1807–1814
James Freeland II
1809–1881
Liseu Ann Freeland
1811–1836
Eleanor Freeland
1815–1877
William F Freeland
1816–1875
Charles Nesbond Freeland
1823–1885

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 October 1801Perry, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 3
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
    1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
    Age 4
    On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
    1808
    Age 25
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of German Vettermann: variant of Vetter , with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’.Americanized form of German Fettermann: variant of Fetter 1, with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’. It is a cognate of 1 above.Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fat man, a variant of Fetter 2.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Vetter

    Sources (1)

    • Rachael Freelam, "United States Census, 1850"

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