Brief Life History of Martha
Martha Clay was born about 1640, in Chesterfield, Virginia, United States. She married Francis Buckalew in 1660, in South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died in 1696, in South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 57.
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Sources (2)
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Buckalew - Published information: birth: 1644; South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
- Martha in entry for Francis Buckle, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Spouse and Children
1686–1750 Male
1640–1696 Female
Children (4)
1694– Male
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World Events (2)
1683
Age 43
1683
Age 43
Name Meaning
English (Midlands and Yorkshire): from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil, a habitational name for someone who lived in a district known as (the) Clay, such as the one in east Notinghamshire, or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman ).
Americanized form of German Klee .
History: The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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