Brief Life History of Martha Amelia
When Martha Amelia Jewell was born on 23 January 1808, in Rome, Kennebec, Maine, United States, her father, Levi Jewell, was 38 and her mother, Judith Tewksbury, was 41. She married Lynus E Bemus on 22 February 1827, in Lewistown, Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Lewistown Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Lewistown, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1855. She died on 11 September 1892, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Losee, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha Jewell, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1823
Historical Boundaries: 1823: Fulton, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Cornwall): from an Old Breton personal name, Iudhael, composed of elements meaning ‘lord’ + ‘generous, bountiful’ (see Jewkes ), which was borne by a 7th-century Christian saint, a king of Brittany who abdicated and spent the last part of his life in a monastery. Forms of this name are found in medieval records not only in Devon and Cornwall, where they are of native origin, but also in East Anglia and even Yorkshire, where they were imported by Bretons after the Norman Conquest. The name was seemingly reintroduced from France in the 17th century by Huguenots.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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