When Elizabeth Betty Maugham was born on 31 May 1781, in Ovingham, Northumberland, England, her father, James Maugham, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Bates, was 38. She married James Greener in 1800, in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 23 September 1853, at the age of 72.
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English: variant of Malham (1), with the same vocalization of -l- as noted in late spellings (and the local pronunciation) of the Yorkshire place-name. There has also been some confusion with Scottish Mauchan and Irish Maughan .
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