Brief Life History of John
When John Posey I was born about 1649, in Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Francis Posey, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 26. He married Susanna about 1667, in Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died about 1689, in his hometown, at the age of 42.
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- Humphrey (1683) and John (1685) Posey's birth recorded
- U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
- John Posey in entry for John Posey, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
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Name Meaning
English: apparently a late variant of either Poser or Posse, which has various possible origins including Middle English pose ‘bag, wallet’, or an etymologically related Old English personal name Pusa, Possa, or Middle English pose ‘head cold, catarrh’.
Americanized form of German Poser .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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