When Joseph Southwick was born on 11 October 1780, in Rhode Island, United States, his father, Joseph Southwick, was 34 and his mother, Suzannah Pitts, was 24. He married Dorcas Chace about 1802, in Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States for about 10 years. He died on 6 March 1864, at the age of 83, and was buried in Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of various places called Southwick, including those in Durham, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Northamptonshire, Sussex, and Wiltshire, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + wīc ‘dwelling, specialized farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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