Lucinda Roddy

Brief Life History of Lucinda

When Lucinda Roddy was born on 10 February 1804, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Jesse Roddye, was 29 and her mother, Jane 'Jenny' Mahaffe, was 27. She married Benjamin John White on 2 April 1827, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Roane, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Civil District 12, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin John White
1794–1844
Lucinda Roddy
1804–
Marriage: 2 April 1827
William L. White
1831–1864
James Columbus White
1833–1885
Benjamin F. White
1837–
Hugh Lawson White
1838–1887
Elizabeth White
1839–
Mary Catherine White
1841–
Mahala Ann "Julia" White
1843–

Sources (9)

  • Lucinda White, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lucinda Roddy, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1959"
  • Lucinda White, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

Irish:

of Galway origin, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rodaigh ‘descendant of Rodach’, a personal name based on rod ‘spirited, lively, strong’. Forms with vowel e derive from a variant, Ó Roidigh. Compare Redding .

shortened Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rodacháin ‘descendant of Rodachán’, a personal name which is a diminutive of rodach. This was an ecclesiastical family in Leitrim. A variant Ó Roideacháin gives Redican , for which Reddington was sometimes adopted as an Anglicized equivalent.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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