Joseph Barlow Felt

Male22 December 1789–8 September 1869

Brief Life History of Joseph Barlow

When Joseph Barlow Felt was born on 22 December 1789, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Felt, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Curtis, was 25. He married Abigail Adams Shaw on 18 September 1816, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. In 1815, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as ministry in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 8 September 1869, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Barlow Felt
1789–1869
Abigail Adams Shaw
1790–1859
Marriage: 18 September 1816
Susan Becket Felt
1805–1877

Sources (13)

  • Joseph B Felt, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
  • Joseph Barlow Felt, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Joseph B. Felt, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 September 1816Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1791

    Age 2

    Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

    1797 · Friendship of Salem Built

    Age 8

    On May 28, 1797, the Friendship of Salem was built. It was 102 feet long and 27 feet wide. It made fifteen voyages in its time. The ship was captured as a prize of war during the war of 1812.

    1811 · Joseph Story House Built

    Age 22

    Joseph Story built his house in 1811. That was the year he was made an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He was the youngest ever justice.

    Name Meaning

    English: metonymic occupational name for someone who made, worked with, sold, or perhaps wore felt, from Middle English felt ‘felt’. Compare Felter .

    German: rare variant of Feld ‘field, area of open country’, or an Americanized form of its cognate Velt.

    Swedish: rare variant of Feldt , a cognate of 2 above, and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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