Samuel Ezekiel Weaver

Brief Life History of Samuel Ezekiel

When Samuel Ezekiel Weaver was born on 21 June 1804, in Lexington, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Samuel Weaver, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ester Senseny, was 34. He married Dorothy Samford on 26 February 1822, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Freestone, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 6, Hill, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 13 December 1882, in Osceola, Hill, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Old Woodbury Cemetery, Woodbury, Hill, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Ezekiel Weaver
1804–1882
Dorothy Samford
1810–1882
Marriage: 26 February 1822
William Harvey Weaver
1825–1870
Lupee A. Weaver
1825–
Jesse A. Weaver
1830–1882
J E Weaver
1842–
M D Weaver
1852–
Redama Elizabeth Weaver
1828–
George Washington Weaver
1832–1915
Mary F. Weaver
1835–1912
Noah Weaver
1837–1873
Barbara Elizabeth Weaver
1841–1903
Samuel Ezekiel Weaver Jr
1845–1912
Malinda Doritha Weaver
1846–1911
Jacob Wesley Weaver
1848–1936
John Marion Weaver
1862–1948

Sources (8)

  • Esekiel Weaver, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Samuel Ezekiel Weaver, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ezekiel Weaver, "Texas, Voter Records, 1867-1918"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1822 · Slave Rebellion

"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

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

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