Brief Life History of Isabel
When Isabel Webster was born on 13 June 1821, in Dillons Mill, Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse Bagby Webster, was 33 and her mother, Mary Catherine Henderson, was 33.
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1787–1833 Male
1788–1861 Female
Siblings (14)
1808–1876 Female
1810– Female
1811–1851 Female
1813–1888 Male
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1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
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1825 · The Crimes Act
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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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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