Isabel Webster

Brief Life History of Isabel

When Isabel Webster was born on 13 June 1821, in Dillons Mill, Franklin County, Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse Bagby Webster, was 33 and her mother, Mary Catherine Henderson, was 33.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Bagby Webster
1787–1833
Mary Catherine Henderson
1788–1861
Pheobe Golden Webster
1808–1876
Elizabeth Webster
1810–
Sarah M Webster
1811–1851
William Henry Webster
1813–1906
Polly Webster
1814–
John B Duncan Webster
1818–1886
Charlotte Charity Webster
1819–1889
Henry Webster
1821–1886
Jane Webster
1821–1865
Isabel Webster
1821–
Luke Webster
1824–1898
Samuel Henderson Webster
1826–1876
Jesse Bagby Webster
1829–1892
James Webster
1831–1843

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    1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

    “The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    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.

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

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