William Webb

Brief Life History of William

When William Webb was born on 3 April 1792, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Webb, was 36 and his mother, Ann Clayton, was 32. He married Mary Heacock on 12 June 1812, in York, Home, Upper Canada, British North America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Canada West, British North America in 1851. He died on 31 December 1860, in King Township, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Schomberg, York, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

William Webb
1792–1860
Mary Heacock
1795–1885
Marriage: 12 June 1812
Naomi Webb
1814–1842
Loretta Webb
1816–1873
Charlotte Webb
1818–
Abiathar Webb
1820–1893
Sarah Webb
1822–1822
Ann Blodget Webb
1826–1913

Sources (9)

  • William Webb, "Canada Census, 1851"
  • William Webb, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Willaim Webb, "Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899"

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World Events (7)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a weaver, from early Middle English webbe (Old English webba (masculine) or webbe (feminine), probably used of both male and female weavers). This word survived into Middle English long enough to give rise to the surname, but was already obsolescent as an agent noun; hence the secondary forms with the agent suffixes -er and -ster (see Webster , Webber and compare Weaver ).

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, cognates of 1, including Weber and Weberman.

History: Richard Webb, a Lowland Scot, was an admitted freeman of Boston in 1632, and in 1635 was one of the first settlers of Hartford, CT.

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

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