Mary Raitt

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Raitt was born on 16 January 1761, in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Capt Alexander Raitt, was 38 and her mother, Miriam Frost, was 38. She married Reuben Ferguson on 18 February 1779, in Eliot, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 16 November 1845, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Ferguson
1755–1805
Mary Raitt
1761–1845
Marriage: 18 February 1779
Alexander Ferguson
1780–1851
Polly Ferguson
1781–1872
Sally Ferguson
1786–1854
Reuben Ferguson
1790–1875
Oliver Ferguson
1793–
Ivory Ferguson
1797–1869
Isaiah Ferguson
1799–
Nahum Ferguson
1800–1878
Marium Ferguson
1803–
Abigail Ferguson
1805–

Sources (6)

  • Mary Raitt, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Mary Raitt, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
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Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Rait Castle (Nairnshire) or Rait (Perthshire), perhaps with the same origin as Raith , though this is uncertain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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