Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Lever was born on 2 September 1703, in Darcy Lever, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Lever, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Ramsbotham, was 38. She married Samuel Brabin on 1 January 1724, in Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died from 29 January 1763 to 1 May 1763, in Tonge with Haulgh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, and was buried in Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (14)
- Martha Lever, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Martha Brabin in entry for Alexander Brabin, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Martha Brabin in entry for John Brabin, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
Spouse and Children
1699–1768 Male
1703–1763 Female
Children (5)
1724–1724 Male
1733– Male
1739–1746 Male
1742–1746 Male
1746– Female
Parents and Siblings
1666–1739 Male
1665–1740 Female
Siblings (9)
1692–1774 Female
1694–1778 Male
1696–1771 Female
1699–1768 Female
1701–1794 Male
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Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): nickname for a fleet-footed or timid person, from Old French levre ‘hare’ (from Latin lepus, genitive leporis). It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a hunter of hares.
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a place thickly grown with rushes, from Old English lǣfer ‘rush, reed, iris’. Compare Laver . Great and Little Lever in Greater Manchester are named with this word (in a collective sense), so the surname may also be a habitational name from these places.
Dutch and North German: from the medieval personal names Lever, a variant of Liever (see Lieber ), and Levert, a variant of Lievert (see Liebhart ). This surname is very rare in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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