Brief Life History of Madison Joseph
When Madison Joseph Webster was born on 24 September 1828, in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States, his father, Theron Webster, was 23 and his mother, Ursula Lowell, was 23. He married Almaretta Kingsbury on 18 November 1851, in North Fairfax, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1909, in Vermont, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
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- Madison Webster in household of David Hickok, "United States Census, 1850"
- Madison Webster, "Find A Grave Index"
- Madison Webster, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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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.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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