When Francis Weeks was born in 1678, in Matinecock, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Weekes, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Reddocke, was 32. He married Agnes Ann Posley on 26 December 1744, in Hempstead Town, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 2 January 1745, at the age of 67.
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1678–1745 Male
1678– Female
1641–1699 Male
1646–1698 Female
1667–1699 Male
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English: variant of Wicks .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Swedish Vik .
History: This surname was brought to North America independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the earliest on record is Leonard Weeks, who emigrated from Somerset, England, to Portsmouth, NH, some time before 1656. — William Weeks, recorded in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA, from 1653 onward, was probably a cousin or other relative of the John Wickes mentioned at Wickes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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