Brief Life History of Rachel Bray
When Rachel Bray Martin was born on 22 April 1798, in Virginia, United States, her father, William Martin, was 34 and her mother, Susannah Stout, was 23. She married Cornelius Ruddell Wilson on 7 November 1816, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Harrison Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States in 1850 and West Liberty, Liberty Township, Logan, Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 9 February 1881, in West Liberty, Logan, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan, Ohio, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Rachel Wilson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rachel B Martin in entry for Cornelius Wilson, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- Racheal V Wilson, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1795–1856 Male
1798–1881 Female
Children (11)
1829–1904 Female
1830–1912 Female
1832–1903 Female
1833– Male
1834–1907 Male
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1763–1851 Male
1774–1814 Female
Siblings (11)
1787–1797 Female
1788–1856 Male
1790–1833 Female
1794–1874 Male
1796–1798 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
1812 · Monumental Church Built
Age 14
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 22
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.
English: variant of Marton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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