Waitestill Driggs

Brief Life History of Waitestill

When Waitestill Driggs was born on 6 March 1808, in Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Elisha Driggs, was 48 and her mother, Charity Dakin, was 38. She married Isaac Palmer about 1829. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in New York, United States in 1870. She died on 13 March 1889, in Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Boston, Erie, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Palmer
1803–1885
Waitestill Driggs
1808–1889
Marriage: about 1829
James Tremer Palmer
1835–
Henry Isaac Palmer
1838–1863
Margaret Watson Palmer
1840–
Riley Benjamin Palmer
1842–1926
James Palmer
1845–
Leander Gardner Palmer
1848–1907

Sources (10)

  • Wrighstill Palmer in household of Isaac Palmer, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Weightstill Palmer, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • Waitstill Driggs in entry for Riley Benjamin Palmer, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"

World Events (8)

1812

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

1817

Established in 1817

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Possibly English: variant of Triggs .

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

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