Rebecca Garland

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Garland was born on 25 January 1699, in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Jabez Garland, was 31 and her mother, Dorcas Heard, was 29. She married James Hobbs about 1717, in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She died in 1767, in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

James Hobbs
1700–1769
Rebecca Garland
1699–1767
Marriage: about 1717
Mercy Hobbs
1719–1800
Ebenezer Hobbs
1730–1807
Joanna Hobbs
1730–
Maurice Hobbs
about 1732–
Mary Hobbs
1734–
Judy or Judith Hobbs
1736–
Lydia Hobbs
1745–
Phebe Hobbs
1722–1807
Abigail Hobbs
1725–1795
Sarah Hobbs
1727–1795
James Hobbs
1729–1816
Joanna Hobbs
about 1732–1776
Capt Nathaniel Hobbs
1742–1830

Sources (12)

  • Rebecah Garlan, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Rebecca Garland Hobbs, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rebeckah in entry for Marcy Hobs, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"

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Name Meaning

English: from Middle English gerlond, ger(e)land, garlond ‘metal chaplet, crown, coronet; wreath’, probably a nickname denoting a habitual wearer of such items, or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of them.

English: perhaps from the Old French personal name Gerland (ancient Germanic Garuland, probably from garw- ‘war-gear; prepared(ness)’ + land ‘land’; the first element of the French name may instead be from a name beginning with gēr ‘spear’).

English: topographic name from Middle English gor(e), gar(e) ‘triangular piece’ + lond ‘land’ (Old English gāra + land, lond), for someone who lived ‘(at the) triangular piece of land’. Compare Garfield .

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

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