Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Woodson was born about 1727, in Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, William Samuel Woodson, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Barbara Allen, was 38.
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- Legacy NFS Source: MARTHA WOODSON - Published information: birth-name: MARTHA WOODSON
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1775
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Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Woodsome (a lost place in Batley), Woodsome in Farnley Tyas, or Wothersome, all in Yorkshire. The placenames derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hūsum, dative plural of hūs ‘house’.
English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Ode, Odd(e) + son, with the addition of initial W-, a characteristic dialect feature in the south of Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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