When Timothy Webster was born on 20 October 1723, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Capt. Stephen Hopkins Webster, was 30 and his mother, Mary Burnham, was 33. He married Sarah White on 15 August 1745, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 30 April 1803, in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in East Cemetery, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
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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