When Adelia Higley was born on 15 January 1794, in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Josiah Higley III, was 31 and her mother, Deliverance Carpenter, was 30. She married George Grant Redden on 8 December 1816, in Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 13 February 1864, in Utah, United States, at the age of 70.
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English: habitational name from Highley (Shropshire), recorded as Hugelei in 1086, from an Old English personal name Hugga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The modern form Highley is probably due to folk etymology (see Highley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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