Brief Life History of John
When John Webb was born on 2 May 1808, in Manheim, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, James Webb, was 31 and his mother, Betsy Favill, was 28. He married Catherine Naramore on 14 January 1836, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Escalante, Iron, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 3 May 1894, in Antimony, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- John Webb in household of Franklin H Wilcox, "United States Census, 1880"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994: John Webb
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a weaver, from early Middle English webbe (Old English webba (masculine) or webbe (feminine), probably used of both male and female weavers). This word survived into Middle English long enough to give rise to the surname, but was already obsolescent as an agent noun; hence the secondary forms with the agent suffixes -er and -ster (see Webster , Webber and compare Weaver ).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, cognates of 1, including Weber and Weberman.
History: Richard Webb, a Lowland Scot, was an admitted freeman of Boston in 1632, and in 1635 was one of the first settlers of Hartford, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography of Catherine NARROWMORE
CATHERINE NARROWMORE WILCOX WEBB Catherine Narrowmore Wilcox Webb with her husband, John Webb and children arrived in Fillmore Oct. 28, 1851. They came with the company led by Anson and Josiah Ca …
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