When Martha Griffiths was born on 16 February 1819, in Freystrop, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William Griffiths, was 28 and her mother, Mary Williams, was 21. She married James John on 4 May 1839. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 15 February 1873, at the age of 53.
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Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
Welsh (Glamorgan and western England): Anglicized form of the patronymic (ap) Gruffudd, from Old Welsh Grippiud (see Griffith ).
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