Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Edwards was born about 1819, in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States, her father, Repps Edwards, was 50 and her mother, Elizabeth Bennett, was 48.
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Family Time Line
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- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Edwards - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Martha Edwards
Parents and Siblings
1770–1840 Male
1772–1845 Female
Siblings (11)
1794–1872 Male
1795–1843 Female
1800– Female
1804– Female
1805– Female
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World Events (3)
about 1819 · Panic! of 1819
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1820 · Making States Equal
Age 1
1822 · Slave Rebellion
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Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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