Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Webster was born in 1795, in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Richard Webster, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Walker, was 43. He died in 1848, in his hometown, at the age of 53.
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Parents and Siblings
1759–1833 Male
1753–1842 Female
Siblings (13)
1780–1860 Female
1781–1858 Female
1783–1842 Male
1785–1851 Male
1787–1866 Female
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World Events (7)
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
Age 4
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1812
Age 17
Name Meaning
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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