When Rebecca Josselyn Ames was born on 20 January 1807, in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Bezar Ames, was 37 and her mother, Rebecca Keen Josselyn, was 36. She married William Wellington on 1 December 1833, in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in West Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1855 and Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 4 years. She died on 16 December 1864, in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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