When Margaret Peart was born on 26 August 1615, in Alstone, Gloucestershire, England, her father, Richard Peart, was 28 and her mother, Susanna George, was 25. She married William Mumford on 29 September 1631, in Alstone, Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1642, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 27.
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"The Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in the New World in September 1620. The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers, 40 of whom called themselves ""Saints."" After two stormy months at sea, the ship reached the New World. Nearly half of the group died during their first winter due to malnutrition and the harsh New England winter."
In 1636 Providence is founded as a settlement for Rhode Island by Roger Williams
Roger Williams establishes the First Baptist Church of Rhode Island in Providence during 1638.
Scottish: habitational name from Perth (Perths), which is recorded as Pertc. 1128. The placename derives from Pictish perta ‘(at the) thicket, copse’.
English: nickname, probably from a shortened form of Middle English, Old French apert ‘open, plain to see’, of persons ‘frank, honest’ or ‘accomplished’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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