Martha Savage

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Savage was born in 1770, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, William Obadiah Savage, was 47 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Best, was 46. She married Richard L Cantrell about 1789, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 8 July 1830, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 60.

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Family Time Line

Richard L Cantrell
1764–1825
Martha Savage
1770–1830
Marriage: 1789
Elijah Cantrell
1784–
John Cantrell
1789–
Ephraim Cantrell
1795–
Abraham Potter Cantrell
1796–1865
Hardin Cantrell
1796–1880
Barzella Cantrell
1798–1847
Moses Cantrell
1800–1872
Joseph F Cantrel
1805–1860
Richard C Cantrell
1809–1880
Mary Elizabeth Purser
1828–1914

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · Battle of Sullivan's Island

On June 28, 1776, the Battle of Sullivan's Island takes place on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Since it is so close to Charelston, the battle is sometimes referred to as the First Siege of Charleston. This is the first time that the Americans had a victory against a land and sea attack by the British.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English: of Norman origin, a nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English and Old French salvage, sauvage ‘wild, untamed’ (from Late Latin salvaticus, literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’ influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural). Compare French Sauvage .

Irish (Down): generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O'Savin (see Savin ).

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Savich and of Serbian Savić (see Savic ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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