Ezra Burt Southwick

Brief Life History of Ezra Burt

When Ezra Burt Southwick was born on 3 September 1787, in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Israel Southwick, was 25 and his mother, Huldah Burt, was 16. He married Malinda Rodman about 1823, in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kingston Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Rome Township, Jones, Iowa, United States in 1860. He died on 17 August 1864, in Olin, Jones, Iowa, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Olin, Jones, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ezra Burt Southwick
1787–1864
Malinda Rodman
1800–1877
Marriage: about 1823
Sylvanus Preston Southwick
1824–1899
Wesley Southwick
1828–1910
William Southwick
1830–1920
Israel Burton Southwick
1833–1907
Harriet Malinda Southwick
1836–1922
Hulda Southwick
1837–1884
Jarvis Southwick
1842–

Sources (18)

  • Ezra Southwick, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Ezra Burton Southwick, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Israel Southwick in entry for Harriet Malinda Soesbe, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

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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