James J Wooten

1772–1822 (Age 50)
Wake, North Carolina, British Colonial America

The Life of James J

When James J Wooten was born in 1772, in Wake, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Wootten, was 37 and his mother, Tabitha Bradford, was 46. He married Mary Smith about 1795, in United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1822, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, at the age of 50.

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Family Time Line

James J Wooten
1772–1822
Mary Smith
1774–1820
Marriage: about 1795
Betsey Maria Wooten
1791–1850
James Wootten Jr.
1797–
John F Wootten
1799–1848
Tabitha Tabby Wootten
1801–1837
John T Wooten
1801–1848
Frances Wooten
1801–
Francis Wootten
1803–
(Dr.) Gilbert H. Wooten
1809–
Theodorick Wooten
1811–
Joel A Wooten
1813–
Gilbert H Wootten
1815–
Francis Wootten
1821–
Mary "Polly" Hill Wootten
1806–1832
William Lemuel Wootten
1813–1888
Friedrich Wooten
1821–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
about 1795
United States
children

(15)

+10 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(6)

    Mary Ann Wooten

    Female1770–1838Female

    Zepora Wooten

    Female1770–1840Female

    James J Wooten

    Male1772–1822Male

    John Wooten

    Male1775–1859Male

    Thomas Wooten

    Male1777–1848Male

+1 More Child

World Events (8)

1774 · Edenton Tea Party

Age 2

On October 25, 1774, the Edenton Tea Party took place. It was the first organized women's protest. They put their cups down and refused to buy any tea.
1776

Age 4

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Age 14

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the extremely numerous places named with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, such as Wootton in Northamptonshire or Oxfordshire, Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, Wotton in Surrey, and Wotton under Edge in Gloucestershire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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