Deborah Weeks

Brief Life History of Deborah

When Deborah Weeks was born on 26 July 1718, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Rev George Weeks, was 30 and her mother, Deborah Wing, was 31. She married William Penny Jr on 6 February 1738. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 22 May 1761, in Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 42.

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Family Time Line

William Penny Jr
1716–1786
Deborah Weeks
1718–1761
Marriage: 6 February 1738
Temperance Penney
1739–
George Penney
1741–1800
Edward Penny
1742–1824
Deborah Penny
1754–1823
William Penney III
1743–1807
Ammial Penney
1746–1816
child Penney
1755–1761

Sources (13)

  • Deborah Weeks, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
  • Deborah Weeks Penny, "Find A Grave Index"

Name Meaning

English: variant of Wicks .

Americanized form of Norwegian and Swedish Vik .

History: This surname was brought to North America independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the earliest on record is Leonard Weeks, who emigrated from Somerset, England, to Portsmouth, NH, some time before 1656. — William Weeks, recorded in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA, from 1653 onward, was probably a cousin or other relative of the John Wickes mentioned at Wickes .

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

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