Brief Life History of Jewett
When Jewett Stafford was born on 13 January 1793, in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Joseph Stafford, was 33 and his mother, Orpha Sweet, was 34. He married Harriet Matilda Eggleston in 1818, in Essex, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 12 August 1862, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Jset Stafford, "United States Census, 1830"
- Stafford, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Jewett Stafford, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1793–1862 Male
1802–1835 Female
Children (3)
1820–1906 Male
1822–1903 Male
1826–1837 Female
Parents and Siblings
1759–1855 Male
1758–1816 Female
Siblings (9)
1780– Male
1782–1871 Male
1785–1863 Female
1789–1855 Male
1793–1862 Male
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 1
1811 · USS Revenge
Age 18
1812
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: habitational name principally from Stafford (Staffordshire), but occasionally from other places with similar names, such as Stafford House in Ifield (Sussex), possibly East and West Stowford in East Down (Devon), and three minor places in Devon called Stafford, in Dolton, Broadhembury, and Colyton parishes. The places are all named with Old English ford ‘ford’ as the final element, but have different initial elements. The Staffordshire placename has Old English stæth ‘river bank, shore’; Stafford in Colyton (Devon) has Old English stān ‘stone, rock’; the Sussex placename has Old English stēor ‘steer, bullock’; East and West Stowford (Devon) have Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’; Stafford in Dolton and Stafford in Broadhembury (Devon) may have Old English stæth, stān, or stæf.
Irish (Wexford): variant of Stocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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