Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha McBride was born on 17 March 1805, in Washington, New York, United States, her father, Daniel McBride, was 38 and her mother, Abigail Mead, was 35. She married Vinson Knight on 6 July 1826, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 20 November 1901, in Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Knights in household of Sam*, "United States Census, 1850"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Ancestry.com
- Martha M Knight, "BillionGraves Index"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, 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
Irish (northern) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Brighde, a shortened form of Irish Mac Giolla Bhrighde and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Brighde ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit’. Compare Kilbride and Bredin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Knight/Gibbons/Belknap info by Gilbert Belknap
Written by Gilbert Belknap: During the month of December, 1848, My brother-in-law and I again, left our home in Winter quarters, a city of 700 log cabins, with its fond associations, and wended ou …
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