Brief Life History of Clarissa Hoskins
When Clarissa Hoskins Webster was born on 2 May 1807, in Columbia, New York, United States, her father, Augustine Webster, was 39 and her mother, Mary Tyler, was 31. She married William Mitchell on 11 April 1844, in Athens, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Carthage Township, Athens, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Orange Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died after 7 June 1880.
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- Clarissa Mitchell in household of Eusebius Waterman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Clarissa Webster, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Clarrissa Mitchell in household of William Mitchell, "United States Census, 1850"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1824
Chester Township was organized 1 March 1824, from parts of Sutton, Salisbury, and Orange Townships and was named Chester at the suggestion of Colonel David Barber.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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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