Brief Life History of Martha
Martha Terry was born in 1829, in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States. She married Henry Harrison Hampton Covington in 1846. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Richmond, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Rockingham Township, Richmond, North Carolina, United States in 1900. She died in 1867, in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Martha Covington in household of Hampton Covington, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha Covington, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Martha Bennett Covington, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1818–1887 Male
1829–1867 Female
Children (4)
1861–1905 Female
1863– Male
1864–1937 Male
1869–1955 Female
World Events (6)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 1
1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 1
1846
Age 17
Name Meaning
English and Irish: from the Norman personal name T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), a short form of Theodoric, which is composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people, race’ + rīc ‘power(ful), rich’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was sometimes taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore ). An Anglo-Norman family of this name has been in County Cork, Ireland, since the 13th century.
Irish: sometimes an Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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