Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Lockwood was born on 5 November 1780, in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joshua Lockwood, was 31 and her mother, Dorothy Robinson, was 30. She married William Beesley on 16 August 1802, in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Germantown Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 7 April 1860, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Roxborough Presbyterian Burial Grounds, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Martha Beasley in household of William Beasley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha Lockwood, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Martha Lockwood, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one of three places called Lockwood, one in Yorkshire, one in North Yorkshire and another in Staffordshire. The Yorkshire and Staffordshire placenames both derive from Old English loc ‘lock, enclosure, fold’ + wudu ‘wood’. The North Yorkshire placename derives from Old English loc + Old Norse vithr ‘wood’. The surname appears to have migrated to East Anglia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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