Elizabeth Noble Sexton

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Noble

When Elizabeth Noble Sexton was born about 1807, in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Sexton III, was 27 and her mother, Abigail Graham, was 24. She married Alexander R C Stoughton on 24 December 1827, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died from 1840 to 1853, in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander R C Stoughton
1807–1899
Elizabeth Noble Sexton
1807–1853
Marriage: 24 December 1827
Mary B Stoughton
1829–1904
John A Stoughton
1830–1924

Sources (5)

  • Elizabeth N. Sexton, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Elizabeth N. Sexton in entry for Alexander Stoughton, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Elizabeth N. Sexton, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1818

Historical Boundaries: 1818: Dallas, Alabama Territory, United States 1819: Dallas, Alabama, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Middle English sextein(e) ‘sexton’ (Old French secrestein, medieval Latin sacristanus). The sexton was originally the officer of a church in charge of the sacred vessels and vestments, but later came to denote one who looked after the churchyard and dug graves.

English: in northern England a variant of Saxton .

English: possibly a habitational name from Sexton in Ermington (Devon), recorded as Shecoteston in 1329. The placename derives from the family of Richard Sheccoc, recorded at Sexton in 1199, + Middle English toun ‘farmstead, village, settlement’. The origin of Richard Sheccoc's name is uncertain due to confusion between c and t, as seen in the name of one of his descendants, Richard Scheccote, recorded at Sexton in 1333.

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

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