When Jabez Samuel Wakeman was born in 1705, in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Wakeman, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Hawley, was 26. He married Ruth Treadwell on 1 June 1727, in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 10 October 1774, in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 69.
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English: occupational name from Middle English wakeman ‘watchman, town guard’, also ‘municipal officer responsible for night-time security and the town musicians’. Wakeman was the title of the chief magistrate of the borough of Ripon until 1604, when it was changed to mayor. He was the head of the body of wakemen whose duty was to blow a cow's horn every night at nine o'clock. If between then and sunrise any burglary took place, it was made good at the public charge. See also Watchman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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