The surname ‘Webber’ is of English origin. It is a variant of the name ‘Webb’, derived from occupational name for a weaver, in itself derived from the early Middle English ‘webbe’, from the Old English ‘webba’; from ‘wefan’, meaning to weave. Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that the surname ‘Webber’ and or it’s variant’s, date as far back as the sixteenth century were a ‘John Webber’, and ‘Elizabeth Letyll’, are recorded as receiving their marriage licence in London, in 1524. ‘Noah Webster’, the American lexicographer, was born in Hereford, Connecticut. He was the son of a prosperous landowner descended from one of the founders of the city and the state, ‘John Webster’, who had emigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1631, and had become governor of Connecticut in 1656. ‘Daniel Webster’, the American politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, a descendant of ‘Thomas Webster’, a prominent seventeenth century citizen of Ipswich, Massachusetts, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was …
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