Mary Ann "Polly" Lee

Brief Life History of Mary Ann "Polly"

Mary Ann "Polly" Lee was born about 1792, in Kentucky, United States. She married James Goforth Sr. on 17 December 1810, in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Long Creek Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States in 1850 and Sugarloaf Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States in 1860. She died from 1860 to 1870, in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, and was buried in Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Goforth Sr.
1770–1851
Mary Ann "Polly" Lee
1792–1870
Marriage: 17 December 1810
Elizabeth Goforth
1811–1880
Nancy Goforth
1828–1854
George Goforth
1829–1889
Silas Arthur Goforth
1831–1905
William Charles Goforth
1815–1888
(girl 1) Goforth
1820–
(girl 2) GOFORTH
1820–
David Wilson Goforth
1822–1864
James Goforth Jr.
1832–1905
Sebron Goforth
1836–

Sources (6)

  • Mary Gofourth in household of James Gofourth, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Polly Lee, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
  • Polly Lee in entry for James Goforth, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1792 · Becomes the 15th State

On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.

English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.

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

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