Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Braden was born in 1811, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Andrew Braden, was 46 and her mother, Dorothy McNeely, was 34.
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. The Gaelic name was sometimes translated into English as Salmon or Fisher .
English: perhaps a habitational name from Broadham, in Singleton (Sussex), named with Old English brād ‘broad’ + hamm ‘water meadow’.
English: alternatively, it may be from Braydon Forest in Wiltshire, recorded as Braden(e), Braddene, Braddon, Breden, and Bredon in the medieval period.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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