When Sylvester Moody was born on 20 May 1771, in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Josiah Moody, was 50 and his mother, Sarah Clark, was 48. He married Rhoda Day on 11 January 1796. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 5 November 1839, in South Hadley Falls, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in South Hadley Falls Cemetery, South Hadley Falls, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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English and Irish: nickname from Middle English mody ‘proud, haughty, angry, fierce, bold, brave, or rash’ (Old English mōdig). Compare Muddiman . This English name has been established in Ireland since the late 13th century.
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