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 48 and her mother, Grace Walker, was 32. 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
Sources (4)
- 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, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
Spouse and Children
1705–1762 Male
1716–1760 Female
Children (11)
1736–1762 Male
1737– Male
1740–1786 Male
1741– Male
1745– Male
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1667–1728 Male
1684–1752 Female
Siblings (6)
1700– Female
1702– Male
1716–1760 Female
1717–1793 Male
1719–1793 Male
+1 More Child
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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