Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Pels was born in 1732, in New York County, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Sampson Pels, was 33 and her mother, Marytje Benson, was 30. She married Jeremiah Fowler on 23 February 1761, in New York City, New York County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.
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Jeremiah Fowler
1731–
Maria Pels
1732–
Marriage: 23 February 1761
Sources (3)
- Maria Pels, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Maritje Pels in entry for Jeremiah Ffowler, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Maritje Pels in entry for Jeremiah Fowler, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Ernst, Siegfried.
Dutch, Flemish, and North German: metonymic occupational name for a furrier, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pels ‘fur’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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