When Elizabeth Wakefield was born on 6 August 1804, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Wakefield Jr., was 24 and her mother, Susanna Sawyer, was 16. She married William Waters in 1826, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 June 1853, in Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in McCord Cemetery, Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1805: Jefferson, New York, United States
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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.
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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