Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha White was christened on 1 July 1789, in Wincanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, George White, was 28 and her mother, Ann White, was 31.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Martha White, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
Parents and Siblings
1761– Male
1759– Female
Siblings (7)
1780– Male
1784– Male
1786– Female
1789– Female
1791– Male
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World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
1815
1823
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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