Brief Life History of Judith Richardson
When Judith Richardson Emmett was born in 1803, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, her father, William Lewis Emett, was 26 and her mother, Jane Barnett Gibbs, was 20. She married James Russell Brooking on 17 December 1821, in Madison, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 26 July 1854, in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia, United States.
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- Judith R Brooking in household of James R Brooking, "United States Census, 1850"
- Judith Richardson Brooking, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Judith R. Emett, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English female personal name Emmot, an interchangeable pet form of Emma, first introduced into England from France by the Normans, among whom it was extremely popular. Compare Emm .
habitational name from either Emmot near Colne (Lancashire) or Emmett in Bishop's Tawton (Devon). The former is from Old English ēa-gemōt ‘junction of the streams’. The latter is from Old English emnet ‘plain, level ground’, referring to the flat land here.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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