When Susanna Elizabeth Weems was born in 1837, in Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, her father, Allen Weems, was 31 and her mother, Margaret P. Graham, was 28. She had at least 5 sons and 3 daughters with John Iverson Smith. She lived in Cherokee, Alabama, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 1 Mud Creek, Cherokee, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 31 December 1914, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 77.
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Scottish: variant of Wemyss , reflecting the usual pronunciation of that name.
History: David Weems (Wemyss) emigrated from Scotland to Herring Bay, Anne Arundel County, MD, some time before 1722. Mason Locke Weems, born near Herring Bay in 1759, was a clergyman who wrote a biography of George Washington, in which the first account of the cherry-tree story appeared.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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