Lieutenant Leonard Chapin

Male1778–

Brief Life History of Leonard

When Lieutenant Leonard Chapin was born in 1778, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Elisha Chapin, was 35 and his mother, Eunice Jones, was 37.

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Elisha Chapin
1743–1836
Eunice Jones
1741–1831
Clarissa Chapin
1764–1841
Riley Chapin
1783–1828
Chapin
1787–
Eunice Chapin
–
Tirzah Chapin
1767–1820
Eunice Chapin
1769–1840
Huldah Chapin
1771–1804
Elisha Chapin
1774–1837
Anna Chapin
1775–1856
Lieutenant Leonard Chapin
1778–
Jerusha Chapin
1779–1780
Sibyl Chapin
1781–1862
Elijah Chapin
1781–1786
Miriam Chapin
1782–1849
Sophia Chapin
1785–1861

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    World Events (3)

    1781 · The First Constitution

    Age 3

    Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

    1783 · A Free America

    Age 5

    The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 8

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    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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