Martha Ward Gaines

17 February 1741–8 December 1781 (Age 40)
Henrico, Virginia, United States

The Life of Martha Ward

When Martha Ward Gaines was born on 17 February 1741, in Henrico, Virginia, United States, her father, Bernard Gaines, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Martha Ward, was 20. She married Thomas Turpin III on 9 April 1767, in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 December 1781, at the age of 40.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Turpin III
1736–1797
Martha Ward Gaines
1741–1781
Marriage: 9 April 1767
Sally Gaines Turpin
1768–
Thomas Turpin IV.
1768–1812
Lucy Gaines Turpin
1774–1850
Obedience Jefferson Turpin
1777–1846
Archer Turpin
1781–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
9 April 1767
St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States
children

(5)

    Sally Gaines Turpin

    Female1768–Female

    Thomas Turpin IV.

    Male1768–1812Male

    Lucy Gaines Turpin

    Female1774–1850Female

    Obedience Jefferson Turpin

    Female1777–1846Female

    Archer Turpin

    Male1781–Male

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(2)

    Martha Ward Gaines

    Female1741–1781Female

    Col Daniel Gaines

    Male1745–1798Male

World Events (3)

1758 · Mount Vernon

Age 17

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776

Age 35

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

Age 39

On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

Name Meaning

1 English (of Norman origin): nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French engaine ‘ingenuity’, ‘trickery’ (Latin ingenium ‘native wit’). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap.2 This surname has also assimilated reduced variants of Welsh Gurganus .

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

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Sources (2)

  • Martha Ward Or Gains, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Martha Ward Gains in entry for Thomas Turpine, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"

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