Brief Life History of Martha Patsy
When Martha Patsy Prince was born on 27 August 1793, in Buchanan, Virginia, United States, her father, John Prince, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Freeman, was 23. She married Obediah J Belcher on 8 February 1815, in Giles, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Mercer, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Rock, Mercer, West Virginia, United States in 1870. She died on 29 January 1877, in Mercer, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Martha Belcher in household of Obediah Belcher, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha Belcher in household of Obadiah Belcher, "United States Census, 1870"
- Patsey Prince in entry for Obediah Belcher, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
Spouse and Children
1794–1878 Male
1793–1877 Female
Children (13)
1815– Male
1816–1898 Male
1816–1885 Male
1819–1899 Male
1821–1883 Female
+8 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1769– Male
1770–1850 Female
Siblings (8)
1780–1821 Male
1793–1877 Female
1795–1865 Male
1797–1880 Male
1807–1893 Male
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 1
1812 · Monumental Church Built
Age 19
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 26
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname from Middle English, Old French prince (from Latin princeps).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Prinz ‘prince’, or its Czech, Slovak, Slovenian or some other Slavic cognate Princ, from princ ‘prince’.
Americanized form of Slovenian Primc: status name for one who lives in the house of his father-in-law, from a derivative of primiti ‘to accept, to take over’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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