When Richard Webster was born on 7 April 1740, in Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Webster, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Dallam, was 37. He married Phebe Smith about 1760, in Harford, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1823, in Calvary, Harford, Maryland, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Churchville, Harford, Maryland, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1774: Harford, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Harford, Maryland, 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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