Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Adkins was born on 31 October 1813, in Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, England, her father, Samuel Adkins, was 37 and her mother, Hannah Taylor, was 32. She married William Bull on 27 August 1832, in Passenham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Calverton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 18 November 1870, in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57.
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- Martha Bull in household of James Monday, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Martha Atkins, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1912 Passenham Parish Registers 1813-1838
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World Events (5)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Adkin (a pet form of Adam formed with the suffix -kin) + genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name was particularly common in the English Midlands. Compare Atkins .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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