Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Child was born from 1759 to 1760, in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Capt. Josiah Child, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Green, was 35.
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Parents and Siblings
1725–1779 Male
1725–1763 Female
Siblings (10)
1746–1746 Male
1748–1751 Female
1749–1754 Female
1752– Male
1754–1837 Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 17
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 22
1791
Age 32
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English child ‘child, infant’ (Old English cild), in various possible applications. The word is found in Old English as a byname, and in Middle English as a widely used affectionate term of address. It was also used as a term of status for a young man of noble birth, although the exact meaning is not clear; in the 13th and 14th centuries it was a technical term used of a young noble awaiting elevation to the knighthood. In other cases it may have been applied as a byname to a youth considerably younger than his brothers or to one who was a minor on the death of his father.
in Kent, possibly a topographic name from Old English cielde ‘spring (water)’, a rare word derived from c(e)ald ‘cold’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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