Brief Life History of Martha
Martha Newberry was born on 6 November 1657, in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America as the daughter of Richard Nuberg and Sarah. She lived in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1657. She died in May 1676, in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 18.
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- Martha Nuberg, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Newberry - Church record: death: May 1676; Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Martha Nuberg, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places called Newbury, named with the Old English elements nēowe ‘new’ + burh ‘fortress, fortified town’ (see Newbury ).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Le Neubourg in Eure, France.
History: Thomas Newberry emigrated from Devon, England, to Dorchester, MA, in 1634. Among his descendants were a number of very successful manufacturers and entrepreneurs, including the brothers Oliver (1789–1860) and Walter (1804–68) Newberry, whose prosperity was linked with the growth and development of Chicago.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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