Brief Life History of Sibyl
When Sibyl Chapin was born on 28 August 1781, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Elisha Chapin, was 38 and her mother, Eunice Jones, was 40. She married Enoch Ashley on 29 November 1810, in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 12 years. She died on 6 October 1862, in West Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 81.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Sybil Ashley in household of David Ashley, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sybil Chapin in the Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
- Sybil Ashey, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
Spouse and Children
1784–1827 Male
1781–1862 Female
Children (5)
1811–1832 Female
1814–1838 Female
1816–1882 Male
1818– Female
1818–1889 Female
Parents and Siblings
1743–1836 Male
1741–1831 Female
Siblings (15)
1764–1841 Female
1767–1820 Female
1769–1840 Female
1771–1804 Female
1774–1837 Male
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World Events (7)
1783 · A Free America
Age 2
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 5
1803
Age 22
Name Meaning
French and Spanish: from Old French eschapin, Spanish chapín ‘type of overshoe made of cork’, applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made them.
English: variant of Chopin , more commonly surviving in England as Chopping and Chappin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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