Brief Life History of Martha Pleasant
When Martha Pleasant Webb was born in 1805, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, William Claiborne Webb Sr, was 45 and her mother, Margarite Peggy Deadwyler, was 40. She married Joseph Deadwyler Jr. on 8 November 1825, in Elbert, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 25 June 1852, in her hometown, at the age of 47.
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- Martha P. Deadwyler, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Martha P Webb, "Georgia, Elbert County Records, 1790-2002"
- Martha P. Webb, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1811 · The Savannah Riots
A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
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.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a weaver, from early Middle English webbe (Old English webba (masculine) or webbe (feminine), probably used of both male and female weavers). This word survived into Middle English long enough to give rise to the surname, but was already obsolescent as an agent noun; hence the secondary forms with the agent suffixes -er and -ster (see Webster , Webber and compare Weaver ).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, cognates of 1, including Weber and Weberman.
History: Richard Webb, a Lowland Scot, was an admitted freeman of Boston in 1632, and in 1635 was one of the first settlers of Hartford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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