Martha Harding Lewis

Brief Life History of Martha Harding

When Martha Harding Lewis was born on 24 March 1809, in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, James Lewis, was 38 and her mother, Hannah Harding, was 34. She married Joseph Higgins Rich on 31 December 1835, in Chesterville, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Chesterville, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States for about 20 years. She died on 26 November 1884, in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Higgins Rich
1808–1879
Martha Harding Lewis
1809–1884
Marriage: 31 December 1835
Sarah Almina Elbigan Rich
1844–1929
Joseph Waldo Vinal Rich
1849–1905
Ella Louisa Rich
1850–

Sources (32)

  • Martha H Rich in household of Julius A Fitts, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Martha Lewis, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Martha H. Lewis Rick, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1820

Maine is the 23rd state.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Lewis, Leweis, Lowis, from ancient Germanic (originally West Frankish) Hludwig (itself from hlōd- ‘fame, famous’ + wīg- ‘battle’). This was Latinized as Ludovicus and Chlodovisus, which were gallicized as Clovis or Clouis, French Louis. The name may also appear as Lawis, Laweys, Lawes, by unrounding of the vowel of Lowis on the analogy of the variation between Low and Law as pet forms of Middle English Lourence alias Laurence. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Laws 2 and compare Lawrence .

Welsh: adopted for the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn ).

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.

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

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