When Sarah Ann Webster was born on 14 May 1817, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Leonard Webster, was 28 and her mother, Alma Rockwell, was 27. She married Zardis Skidmore II about 1840, in Royalton, Niagara, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Alabama, Genesee, New York, United States for about 10 years and Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. She died on 10 September 1905, in Galesburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Galesburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
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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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