Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Prior was born on 22 March 1738, in Long Island, New York, United States, her father, Samuel Prior, was 45 and her mother, Mary Powell, was 40. She had at least 2 sons and 4 daughters with John Searing.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct., 1638
Spouse and Children
1737–1822 Male
1738– Female
Children (6)
1764–1855 Female
1764–1855 Female
1766–1855 Male
1767– Male
1768–1849 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1692–1778 Male
1697–1776 Female
Siblings (4)
1728–1779 Male
1729–1732 Male
1734–1783 Male
1738– Female
World Events (6)
1776
Age 38
1776
Age 38
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 62
Name Meaning
English (southern), Scottish, Dutch, and German: ultimately from Latin prior ‘superior’, used to denote a prior, a monastic official immediately subordinate to an abbot, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a prior.
Irish: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac an Phríora ‘son of the prior’ (this is the usual origin in counties Cavan and Leitrim). Some examples may be Anglo-Norman, the same name as in 1 above.
Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan: from prior, probably denoting someone in the service of a prior or a nickname for someone who behaved in a pompous way.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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https://archive.org/stream/englishancestryo00marv#page/168/mode/1up 168 Appendix Page 148. In May, 1649, there was at Southampton, Long Island, a Robert Marvin (9Q7D-MY2), who was possibly Robert7(9 …
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