See quot. 1845.
1837. Marm Pugwash is as onsartin in her temper as a mornin in April; its all sunshine or all clouds with her, and if shes in one of her tantrums, shell stretch out her neck and hiss, like a goose with a flock of goslins.Haliburton, The Clockmaker, i. x. (N.E.D.)
1844. Madam Bradshaw was evidently displeased . Caroline Freeman replied, Ma Bradshaw, I have not yet spoken.Lowell Offering, iv. 191.
1845. The title of Madam is sometimes given here, and generally in Charleston, S.C., and the South, to a mother whose son is married, and the daughter in law is then called Mrs.Sir Charles Lyell, Second Visit to the U.S., i. 129 (N.Y., 1855).
1867.
| Obed, you pick em out o sight an sound, | |
| Your maam dont love no feathers cluttrin round. | |
Lowell, Fitz-Adams Story: Atlantic Monthly, Jan. |