Nancy Turley

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Turley was born on 24 February 1780, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, her father, William Turley, was 33 and her mother, Margaret Glascock, was 36. She married Thomas Wren on 26 March 1798, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 20 October 1837, in Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wren
1771–1832
Nancy Turley
1780–1837
Marriage: 26 March 1798
Aquilla Wren
1800–1844
James H. Wren
1830–1839
Sarah Wren
1804–1873
Thomas Wren
1824–1904

Sources (4)

  • Nancy Turley, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Nancy Turley in entry for Thomas Wren, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
  • Nancy Turley, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"

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World Events (8)

1781

The American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

Irish (Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Toirdealbhaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Toirdhealbhach, a personal name based on an Irish form of the Old Norse name Thórr ‘Thunder’ + the Gaelic word dealbhach ‘like, in the shape of’. Compare McCurley , from the lenited form of the same name.

Altered form of German Thurley, from a personal name formed with Old High German tiuri ‘dear, valuable’ + līh (?), related to Gothic leiks ‘body, shape’.

English (Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire): variant of Thurlow or Trillo .

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

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