Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Rowe was born on 9 April 1792, in Burke, Georgia, United States, her father, Rev Joshua Rowe Sr, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Rigbey, was 26. She married Jeffery Robertson on 7 February 1811, in Warren, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 5 July 1858, in Covington, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 66.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Martha Robertson in household of Jeffery Robertson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Rowe -
Spouse and Children
1792–1864 Male
1792–1858 Female
Children (13)
1811–1894 Female
1813–1882 Female
1814– Female
1816–1884 Female
1816–1891 Male
+8 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1761–1842 Male
1767–1840 Female
Siblings (17)
1782–1842 Female
1784–1852 Male
1785–1841 Male
1788–1855 Female
1789– Female
+12 More Children
World Events (7)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 2
1795 · Yazoo Land Fraud
Age 3
1811 · The Savannah Riots
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rowe (Old English rāw) ‘row’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses in a street, or habitational, for someone who lived in a place so named. Compare Rawe and Rew .
English (of Norman origin): variant of Rolfe , Ralph , or Rough . Compare Rowson .
East German: habitational name from any of the places called Rowe, Rowa, Rowe(n). Compare Rowen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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