Brief Life History of Mary Polly
When Mary Polly 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 19 December 1778, in Kittery, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 7 January 1832, at the age of 70.
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- Mary Reight, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Mary Rait, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- 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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