When Isaac Quisenberry was born in 1812, in Virginia, United States, his father, Frederick Quesenberry, was 40 and his mother, Mary Margaret Phillips, was 36.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
Altered form of an English surname, reportedly Questenbury, but no surname or placename of that spelling is known in Britain. It may possibly be an altered form of Glastonbury, a habitational name from the place of this name in Somerset. Compare Christenberry , Crusenberry , Cushenberry , and Quesenberry .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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