Brief Life History of James Briggs
James Briggs Wickham was born on 10 February 1799, in New York, United States. He married Hannah Carr in 1827, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Avon Township, Lake, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 25 December 1874, in Willoughby, Lake, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States.
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- James Wickham, "United States Census, 1860"
- James B. Wickham, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Wickem in entry for Charles Wickem, "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
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 (southeastern): habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wīc ‘specialized farm, dairy farm’ + hām ‘homestead’, such as Wicham (Kent), Wickham (Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire), Wickhambreux (Kent), Wickhambrook (Suffolk), Wyckham (Sussex), Wycomb (Leicestershire), or Wykeham (Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire). Perhaps also from High Wycombe and West Wycombe (both Buckinghamshire), which had forms in -ham from the 16th century. In some instances, however, wīc-hām is associated with a Romano-British town, and wīc is an adaptation of Latin vicus. This is the case for Wickhambrook in Suffolk, the Roman association probably being the Roman villa at nearby Lidgate. Similarly, Wickham Market, also in Suffolk, is associated with a large Roman settlement in nearby Hacheston. The surname is now also common in Ireland (Wexford), where it was taken in the 17th century.
History: Thomas Wickham is recorded as a freeman of Weathersfield, CT, in 1658.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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