Brief Life History of Weeden
When Weeden Witter Jr. was born on 1 May 1789, in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Weeden Witter Sr., was 24 and his mother, Mary Witter, was 19. He married Calista Baxter about 1831, in Alfred, Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Steuben, New York, United States in 1860 and Hornellsville, Steuben, New York, United States in 1865. He died on 1 August 1867, in Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hartsville Hill Cemetery, Hartsville, Steuben, New York, United States.
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- Weeden Witter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Weeden Witter, "Find a Grave Index"
- Widdion Witter in entry for Frank J Witter and Mary B Van Wie, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1808
Historical Boundaries 1808: Allegany, New York, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, composed of the elements wid(u) ‘wood, forest’ + hari ‘army’.
North German: occupational name for a whitewasher or plasterer, from Middle Low German witten ‘to make white’, or for a coiner, from witten ‘to determine the contents of gold or silver by boiling’.
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant of Whitter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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