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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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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