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First Ladies: Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Martha

Name origin: Aramic

Name meaning: A lady; mistress; who becomes bitter; provoking

 
Wayles

no meaning found

Skelton

Name origin: Northern English

Name meaning: habitational name from places in Cumbria and Yorkshire, originally named with the same elements as Shelton, but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian influence. The surname has also been established in Ireland for four or five centuries.

 
Jefferson

Name origin: Old French

Name meaning: Peaceful

 
 
 
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