Henry Moss

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Moss was born about 1666, in Flixton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Mosse, was 34 and his mother, Anne Royle, was 30. He married Katherin Penkeman on 23 November 1691, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 January 1716, at the age of 51, and was buried in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Henry Moss
1666–1716
Katherin Penkeman
1670–1730
Marriage: 23 November 1691
Ann Moss
1692–1721
William Moss
1695–
Mary Moss
1698–
Jonathan Moss
1702–1715
Katherine Moss
1704–
Ellen Moss
1706–
Henry Moss Jr
1700–1772

Sources (17)

  • Hanry Mosse, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Henery Moss, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Henry Moss, "England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996"

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World Events (1)

1688 · Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English mos ‘moss, bog’ (Old English mos), for someone who lived at a boggy place, or a habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as Moss (Yorkshire), Mose in Quatford (Shropshire), and Moze (Essex).

English: variant of Moyse .

Irish (Ulster): adoption of the English name 1 by translation for Ó Maolmóna or Ó Maolmhóna ‘descendant of Maolmóna’, a personal name based on maol ‘servant, tonsured one, i.e. devotee’ + a second element assumed to be móin (genitive móna) ‘moorland, peat bog’, in local English ‘moss’.

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

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