Henley/Hensley : English Place name...Originating in Suffolk and Warwickshire, from Old English heah meaning high + OE leah meaning wood/clearing. A Henley or Hensley would be one who lived near the high clearing in the woods.
( Paralee Hendley's name fits so well with her last name= Parlee is an English place name derived from Old English par = pear + an atypical spelling of the Old English element leah = wood, clearing. The term leah came to mean meadow, so Parlee could be literally "pear meadow" or in the strict sense of the Old English translation "pear woods." )
Handley is an English place name from any of the so-named locations as in Cheshire, Derbyshire, etc. which derived their names from Old English heah = high + leah = wood, clearing. Occasionally, when of Irish origin, it is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó hÁinle , meaning descendant of Ainle, whose name meant Champion. Henley, Hanly are variations of the English version, and O'Hanley, O'Hanly, O'Hanlee are forms of the Irish.
Hendley is the spelling I use even though this line can be found as Henly, Henley, Handley. I use the spelling because it is the spelling on Aiden and Elizabeth's headstone. I don't know where this spelling originates but will post it as soon as I find out. If any of you know it, please send me an e-mail.
Joel 1786 - aft. 1870 b. North Carolina
Aiden Smith 1812 - 1890 b. Georgia
Paralee Emiline 1856 - 1949 b. Putnam Co. TN
