When Martha Archibald was born on 15 May 1774, in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Thomas Archibald, was 41 and her mother, Jennet Orr, was 42. She married William Blaikie on 8 April 1801, in Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 24 March 1802, in West River, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 27.
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Scottish and English: from a personal name, Archibald, of Anglo-Norman French and (ultimately) ancient Germanic origin (see Archambault ). In the Highlands of Scotland it was taken as an Anglicized equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Gille Easbaig ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ), probably because of the approximate phonetic similarity between Arch(i)bald and easbaig. Both Archibald and Gillespie are personal names much favored among Clan Campbell.
History: This is the name of a leading Nova Scotia family, taken there by four brothers who emigrated from Londonderry, northern Ireland, in 1750–62.
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