Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Martin was born in 1792, in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Enoch Martin Sr, was 28 and her mother, Catherine Cantrell, was 22. She married Watson Cantrell on 25 December 1814, in Warren, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 25 October 1860, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Martin Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States.
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- Elizabeth Cantrell in household of Alexander C [Blank], "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Martin Cantrell, "Find A Grave Index"
- Marten in entry for America Ann Wouusk, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955"
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1792 · Capital City Moved
New Bern had been the capital of North Carolina in its early days. In 1792, the capital was moved to Raleigh because it was more the center of the state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.
English: variant of Marton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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