When Nancy Motley was born on 17 January 1781, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, her father, Capt. John Marion Motley, was 47 and her mother, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Page, was 36. She married James Hardy Witherspoon on 17 January 1805, in Wake, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1824, in Allen, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Witherspoon-Sledge Cemetery, Adolphus, Allen, Kentucky, United States.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
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English (Lincolnshire):
nickname from Middle English motley ‘motley, cloth or garments of a mixed color’, also ‘parti-colored, variegated’, presumably denoting someone who wore motley or made motley clothing.
habitational name from Mutley in Plymouth (Devon). The placename probably derives from Old English (ge)mōt ‘meeting’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing, glade’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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