When Betsa Mallory was born on 13 October 1784, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, Major Myron Samuel Mallory, was 40 and her mother, Mary A. Carley, was 43.
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English (of Norman origin): nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maloret, maloré, maleuré ‘ill-fortuned, unlucky’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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