Brief Life History of David
When David Webster was born on 10 April 1751, in Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Nathaniel Webster, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Steele, was 31. He married Judith Carter on 10 April 1770, in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 15 December 1834, in Goochland, Virginia, United States, at the age of 83.
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- David Webster, "United States Census, 1820"
- David Webster & Judith Carter, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Unknown in entry for John Webster, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"
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Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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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