Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Winstead was born about 1806, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jeremiah Winstead, was 32 and her mother, Phereby Batts, was 29. She married William Baines Batts in 1837, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wilson, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Toisnot Township, Wilson, North Carolina, United States in 1880.
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Sources (9)
- Mary Batts in household of Willie Batts, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Winstead, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Mary Winstead in entry for A.R. Batts, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
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Children (6)
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name, perhaps from Wanstead in Greater London (formerly Esses), recorded in Domesday Book as Wenesteda ‘site (Old English stede) by a mound (Old English wænn) or where wagons (Old English wǣn) are kept’, but more likely from Winestead in East Yorkshire, named from Old English wīf ‘wife’ or a female personal name Wīfa + stede ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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