Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Harvey was born on 25 May 1748, in Fallsington, Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Harvey Jr, was 26 and her mother, Magdalen Morgan, was 21. She married Joseph Gillingham on 25 May 1768, in Fallsington, Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1803, in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 55.
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- Elizabeth Harvey in entry for Harvey Gillingham, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Gillingham Elizabeth in entry for Elvira Milner, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Pennsylvania Probate Records, Bucks co - Wills v. 6-7 1797-1808 - pg 514 - Elizabeth (Harvey) Gillingham will
Spouse and Children
1743– Male
1748–1803 Female
Children (10)
1769–1824 Male
1770–1811 Female
1773–1843 Female
1775–1788 Male
1778–1786 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1722–1750 Male
1727–1811 Female
Siblings (6)
1744– Male
1745– Male
1746– Male
1748–1803 Female
1754– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (6)
1776
Age 28
1776
Age 28
1777 · Washington's Troops Spent the Winter at Valley Forge
Age 29
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French and Middle English personal name Hervei, also found as Herveu, Hervé, and Hervi. The name Herveu or Herv(e)i was borne by a number of Bretons at the Norman Conquest and, as such, represents a French form of the Old Breton name Hoiearnviu or Hærviu (see Herve ). Among Normans Herve(i) or Herv(e)i was also a French form of ancient Germanic Hariwic, Herewic (from hari ‘army’ + wīg ‘war’), with intervocalic /w/ becoming /v/ in Old French. The Breton and ancient Germanic names were commonly Latinized as Herve(i)us and Hervic(i)us respectively but, since their most common vernacular forms in Old French were indistinguishable, the Latin forms were also sometimes interchangeable, especially Herveus.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirmheadhaigh ‘descendant of Airmheadhach’, a personal name probably meaning ‘esteemed’. It seems to be a derivative of Airmheadh, the name borne by a mythological physician.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchaidh ‘descendant of Earchadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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