Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Webster was born on 26 March 1714, in Newbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Isaac Webster, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Gove, was 18. He died on 4 March 1715, in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 0.
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Sources (4)
- Samuel Webster, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Samuel Webster, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- Samuel Webster, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
Parents and Siblings
1670–1718 Male
1696–1771 Female
Siblings (3)
1714–1715 Male
1715– Male
1716–1718 Male
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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