Martha Huddleston

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Huddleston was born from 1814 to 1815, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Abraham Huddleston Sr., was 42 and her mother, Mary Ellen "Polly" Allen, was 38. She married Solomon Perkins about 1833. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Oregon, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died about 1855.

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Family Time Line

Solomon Perkins
1812–
Martha Huddleston
1814–1855
Marriage: about 1833
Thomas Perkins
1836–
Abraham Perkins
1838–
Zimri Perkins
1840–
Nancy Perkins
1844–
William Perkins
1846–

Sources (1)

  • Martha Perkins in household of Solomon Perkins, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (6)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Huddleston (Yorkshire), from an Old English personal name Hūdel (genitive Hūdeles; see Huddle ) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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