Brief Life History of Susanah
Susanah Proctor was born in 1794, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States.
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World Events (3)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 0
1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
Age 2
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 6
Name Meaning
English (northern): occupational name from Middle English prok(e)tour ‘steward’ (shortened from Old French procurateour, Latin procurator ‘agent’, from procurare ‘to manage’). The term was used most commonly of an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors of taxes and agents licensed to collect alms on behalf of lepers and enclosed orders of monks.
History: John Proctor (died 1757) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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