Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Henley was born in 1821, in Tennessee, United States, her father, James Matthew Russey, was 38 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Cloud, was 28. She married James R Ayers in 1833, in Tipton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Fayette, Tennessee, United States in 1850.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Mary Ayres in household of James Ayres, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1815–1874 Male
1821– Female
Children (6)
1836–1911 Male
1839–1900 Female
1841– Female
1843– Female
1846–1926 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1783–1845 Male
1793–1840 Female
Siblings (9)
1812–1894 Male
1814–1889 Male
1815–1886 Female
1818–1890 Male
1821–1854 Female
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 0
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 14
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 41
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Henley, for example in Surrey, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Shropshire, and Suffolk. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hēan, the weak dative form of hēah ‘high’ (originally used after a preposition and an article) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. However, some, including the one in Shropshire, come from Old English henn ‘hen, wild bird’ + lēah.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIonnghaile, from a variant (without initial F-) of the personal name Fionnghal, which gave rise to Ó Fionnghaile (see Fennell ).
Possibly an Americanized form of German Henle .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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