Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Ratliff was born in 1781, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States, her father, Nathaniel Ratliff, was 19 and her mother, Martha Polly Farmer, was 15. She married George Roberts about 1806, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died after 1871, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States.
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- Martha Roberts in household of George Roberts, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha Roberts in entry for Edward Eastham and Julia Ann F Roberts, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Martha Roberts in household of George Roberts, "United States Census, 1870"
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1781
The American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia.
1792 · Becomes the 15th State
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): habitational name from one or more of the places so named, such as Radcliffe (Lancashire), Radcliffe on Trent and Ratcliffe on Soar (both Nottinghamshire), Radclive (Buckinghamshire), Ratcliffe Culey and Ratcliffe on the Wreake (both Leicestershire), Ratclyffe in Clyst Hydon, Ratcliffes in Thorverton, and Ratcliffes in Broad Clyst (all Devon), Ratcliff in Stepney (Middlesex), and Rackley in Compton Bishop (Somerset). The placenames derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + clif ‘cliff, bank, steep slope’ (see also Rutley ). A family of the name Radcliffe trace their descent from Sir Nicholas de Radclyffe. He is said to have been a knight who held the major of Radcliffe in Lancashire and served Roger de Poitou, Baron de Marsey in the 11th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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