When Martha Gill was born on 22 January 1807, in Miller Cove, Blount, Tennessee, United States, her father, John H Gill, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Tuggle, was 21. She married Nathaniel Kent Jr. in 1825, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Smith, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 2 June 1876, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 69.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Avtar, Amritpal, Darshan, Hardip, Nirmal, Sohan, Ajit, Balwinder, Charan, Jasvir, Kewal, Navdeep.
English and Scottish: in northern England and Scotland sometimes from Middle English Gille, Old Norse Gilli, which is of Irish (Gaelic) origin (see below), and pronounced with a hard g. As a personal name it is not found after c. 1200.
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English gille ‘deep glen, ravine’ (Old Norse (Norwegian) gil), pronounced with a hard g. The term is found mainly in northwestern England, where Norwegian Vikings settled.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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