Martha Ann Hunt

Femaleabout 1838–21 January 1908

Brief Life History of Martha Ann

When Martha Ann Hunt was born about 1838, in Alabama, United States, her father, James Franklin Hunt, was 28 and her mother, Keziah Harvey, was 27. She married Milton Young Higginbotham on 13 November 1860, in Putnam, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Russell, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Putnam, Florida, United States in 1860. She died on 21 January 1908, in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

Milton Young Higginbotham
1828–1874
Martha Ann Hunt
1838–1908
Marriage: 13 November 1860
Mary Jane Higginbotham
1861–1938
Emma Higginbotham
1863–1924
Louisa Amanda Higgenbothan
1866–1915
Johanna Higginbotham
1868–1945
Ollie Higgenbothan
1870–
Ollie Higginbotham
1870–
James Higgenbothan
1872–

Sources (6)

  • Martha A Hunt in household of Franklin Hunt, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Martha Hunt in entry for Mrs. Emma Robinson, "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939"
  • Martha Hunt in household of James Hunt, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 November 1860Putnam, Florida, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (14)

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    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 8

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1849

    Age 11

    Historical Boundaries: 1849: Putnam, Florida, United States

    1861

    Age 23

    Florida has had 6 Constitutions since it became a state. The first Constitution was drafted in Saint Joseph, now known as Port St. Joe. Presently Florida is governed by the Constitution of 1968.

    Name Meaning

    English (southwestern): occupational name for a hunter, from Middle English hunte ‘hunter, huntsman’ (Old English hunta). The term was used not only of the hunting on horseback of game such as stags and wild boars, which in the Middle Ages was a pursuit restricted to the ranks of the nobility, but also to much humbler forms of pursuit such as bird catching and poaching for food. The word seems also to have been used as an Old English personal name and to have survived into the Middle Ages as an occasional personal name. Compare Huntington and Huntley .

    Irish: adopted for various Irish surnames containing or thought to contain the Gaelic element fiadhach ‘hunt’; for example Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) and Ó Fiachna (see Fenton ).

    Possibly an Americanized form of German Hundt .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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