Hannah Felt

25 July 1792–23 June 1873 (Age 80)
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Hannah

When Hannah Felt was born on 25 July 1792, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nathaniel Felt, was 19 and her mother, Hannah Reeves, was 18. She married Samuel Ropes on 16 June 1811, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and Massachusetts, United States in 1870. She died on 23 June 1873, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Ropes
1784–1854
Hannah Felt
1792–1873
Marriage: 16 June 1811
Elizabeth Felt Ropes
1813–1880
Nathaniel Ropes
1815–1817
Samuel Ropes Jr.
1816–1864
Sally Ropes
1819–1833
Mary Ropes
1820–1821
John Felt Ropes
1822–1861
Mary Jane Ropes
1824–1825
Joseph Ropes
1827–1833
William Henry Ropes
1827–1841
Edward Ropes
1830–1831
Joseph Ropes
1833–1838

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 June 1811Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
    Age 2
    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
    1797 · Friendship of Salem Built
    Age 5
    On May 28, 1797, the Friendship of Salem was built. It was 102 feet long and 27 feet wide. It made fifteen voyages in its time. The ship was captured as a prize of war during the war of 1812.
    1816 · Salem Old Town Hall Built
    Age 24
    The old town hall in Salem was built in 1816. It is one of the oldest structures in Salem.

    Name Meaning

    English: metonymic occupational name for someone who made, worked with, sold, or perhaps wore felt, from Middle English felt ‘felt’. Compare Felter .German: rare variant of Feld ‘field, area of open country’, or an Americanized form of its cognate Velt.Swedish: rare variant of Feldt , a cognate of 2 above, and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Felter

    Sources (19)

    • Hannah Ropes in household of Samuel Ropes, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Hannah Felt Ropes, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
    • Hannah Ropes in household of Captain John T Ropes, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"

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