Brief Life History of Martha Jane
When Martha Jane Sights was born on 2 September 1850, in Cairo, Henderson, Kentucky, United States, her father, George Albert Sights, was 22 and her mother, Nancy Jane McClarney, was 21. She died on 10 December 1852, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Sights Cemetery, Robards, Henderson, Kentucky, United States.
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- Martha* Sights, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
New Testament name, of Aramaic rather than Hebrew origin, meaning ‘lady’. It was borne by the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany (John 11:1). According to Luke 10:38, when Jesus visited the house of Mary and Martha, Mary sat at his feet, listening to him, while Martha ‘was cumbered about much serving’, so that she complained to Jesus, ‘Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?’ For this reason, the name Martha has always been associated with hard domestic work, as opposed to the contemplative life.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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