When Orin Wakefield was born on 27 August 1808, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Wakefield Jr., was 28 and his mother, Susanna Sawyer, was 20. He married Hannah M. McCord on 30 March 1836, in Macon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 3 May 1885, in De Witt, DeWitt, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in McCord Cemetery, Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries: 1829: Macon, Illinois, United States
English: habitational name from the city of Wakefield in Yorkshire and from Wakefield Lawn in Potterspury (Northamptonshire). Both are named from the Old English personal name Waca or Old English wacu ‘wake, festival’ + feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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