Henrey Moss (1736–1787) • FamilySearch

Henrey Moss

25 June 1736–27 June 1787
Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Henrey

When Henrey Moss was christened on 25 June 1736, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Moss Jr, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Halliwell, was 37. He married Margaret Meyricke on 7 September 1756, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He died in his hometown, and was buried in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Henrey Moss

1736–1787

Margaret Meyricke

1736–

Marriage: 7 September 1756

Moss

1757–1757

Jane Moss

1758–1758

Joseph Moss

1760–

Samuel Moss

1762–

Thomas Moss

1765–

William Moss

1767–1773

Thomas Moss

1770–1774

Richard Moss

1773–

Jane Moss

1772–1772

Betty Moss

1776–1776

Henry Moss

1777–

Henry Moss

1780–

Spouse and Children

Henrey Moss

Male1736–1787Male

Margaret Meyricke

Female1736–Female

MARRIAGE
7 September 1756
Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

children

(12)

Moss

Male1757–1757Male

Jane Moss

Female1758–1758Female

Joseph Moss

Male1760–Male

Samuel Moss

Male1762–Male

Thomas Moss

Male1765–Male

+7 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Henry Moss Jr

Male1700–1772Male

Elizabeth Halliwell

Female1699–1725Female

siblings

(10)

Jonathan Moss

Male1721–Male

Ann Moss

Female1722–Female

Sarah Moss

Female1725–1747Female

Elisabeth Moss

Female1728–Female

Ralph Moss

Male1731–1787Male

+5 More Children

Name Meaning

Moss

Henrey

1 English and Welsh: from the personal name Moss, a Middle English vernacular form of the Biblical name Moses .2 English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a peat bog, Middle English, Old English mos, or a habitational name from a place named with this word. (It was not until later that the vocabulary word came to denote the class of plants characteristic of a peat-bog habitat, under the influence of the related Old Norse word mosi.)3 Americanized form of Moses or some other like-sounding Jewish surname.

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Sources (3)

Henry Moss, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
Henry Moss, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
Henry Moss in entry for Betty Moss, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"

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