When Sheldon Wolcott Webster was born on 24 January 1815, in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Selah Webster, was 36 and his mother, Rhoda Wolcott, was 32. He married Frances Bicknell on 15 October 1836, in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 22 years. He died on 16 August 1877, at the age of 62, and was buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
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