When Martha Turney was born in 1758, in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Turney, was 39 and her mother, Martha Lyon, was 33. She married Thaddeus Gilbert on 18 March 1775, in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 11 June 1822, in New York, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Spencertown Cemetery, Spencertown, Columbia, New York, United States.
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New York is the 11th state.
Historical Boundaries 1786: Columbia, New York, United States
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English (of Norman origin):
habitational name from any of the places in northern France called Tournai-sur-Dive (Orne), Tournay-sur-Odon (Calvados), or Tourny (Eure), or occasionally from Tournai in Hainaut (Belgium).
perhaps occasionally an occupational name from Middle English tournei, turnai ‘lawyer’ (Anglo-Norman French tourné), or a nickname from Middle English tournei(en) ‘(to) joust, take part in a tournament’ (Old French torneier). Compare Turner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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