Re: Marhaty, William 1850 Shelby Co.KY
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In reply to:
Re: Marhaty, William 1850 Shelby Co.KY
3/15/02
Katydid:
Thank you for responding to my posting concerning William "Marhaty. It appears that he is not a
descendantof Mathew Maratta.There was a Maratta family in PA that was listed in the census
with the spelling of "Marhaty" however this William Marhaty says he was born in KY. He could
possibly be a son of Sylvester Maratta, although he was born about the same time Sylvester
Maratta and Mary Kane were married on 29 Mar 1810.Their oldest daughter, Susan Maratta,
was born 10 Jan 1811 which leaves no time for even an illegitimate William Marahaty. The 1830
census of Spencer Co., KY shows Sylvester Maratta with two young men aged15 to 20 in his
household. One of these was his son James, then 18 and the other may have been William Marhaty,
then 20, but was more probably Caleb Maratta, Sylvester's nephew who was then also about 18 and
was not enumerated at home with his mother and brothers Peter, William and Seymour.
Jamie