Jewett Stafford

Male13 January 1793–12 August 1862

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

Jewett Stafford
1793–1862
Harriet Matilda Eggleston
1802–1835
Marriage: 1818
Charles H Stafford
1820–1906
Horace Stafford
1822–1903
Amanda Stafford
1826–1837

Sources (4)

  • Jset Stafford, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Stafford, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Jewett Stafford, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1818Essex, New York, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1811 · USS Revenge

    Age 18

    On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.

    1812

    Age 19

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    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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