Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Ufford was born on 3 August 1659, in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, John Ufford, was 33 and her mother, Martha Nettleton, was 24. She married Peter Carrow before 1695, in Connecticut, United States. She died on 14 February 1738, in Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Old Durham Cemetery, Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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- Martha Uffit, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Martha Camp, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Martha Camp, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1664
New Haven Colony was an English colony from 1638 to 1664 that included settlements on the north shore of Long Island Sound, with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.[1] The colony joined Connecticut Colony in 1664
1666
New Haven County was created on 10 May 1666, and was named for an English port town called Newhaven, London, England
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ufford (Northamptonshire), Ufford (Suffolk), or Offord Cluny or Offord Darcy (Huntingdonshire). The Northamptonshire and Suffolk placenames derive from the Old English personal name Uffa + Old English worth ‘enclosure’. For the Huntingdonshire placename see Offord , with which the surname may have been confused.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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