Brief Life History of Martha Cook
When Martha Cook Barrows was born on 31 August 1804, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Gurdon Barrows, was 29 and her mother, Sophia Welch, was 32. She married Harry Crain on 13 April 1831, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 15 January 1892, in Atwoodville, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Atwoodville Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Martha Crain in household of Henry Crain, "United States Census, 1870"
- Martha C Crane, "Find A Grave Index"
- Martha C Barrows, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1815
Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): variant of Barrow , with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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