Martha Badger

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Badger was born on 2 September 1716, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, WILLIAM BADGER, was 19 and her mother, GRACE WALKER, was 19. She married William Bagnall on 28 May 1735, in Aston, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died about 1760, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 45.

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Family Time Line

William Bagnall
1705–1762
Martha Badger
1716–1760
Marriage: 28 May 1735
William Bagnall
1736–1762
Joseph Bagnall
1736–1786
Benjamin Bagnall
1741–
James Bagnall
1737–
Samuel Bagnall
1745–
Betty Bagnall
1745–
Martha Bagnall
1749–
George Bagnall
1752–1826
Nanny Bagnall
1754–
Thomas Bagnall
1756–1774
John Bagnall
1759–

Sources (9)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Martha Badger - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 1716; Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Martha Badger, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Martha Badger, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from a place in Shropshire named Badger, probably from an unattested Old English personal name Bæcg + Old English ofer ‘ridge’.

occupational name for a maker of bags (see Bagge 1) or from Middle English badger ‘hawker, huckster’, though this word is not recorded before 1467–8 and it is of doubtful origin. It is unlikely that the surname has anything to do with the animal (see Brock 2), which was not known by this name until the 16th century.

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

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