Brief Life History of Eunice
When Eunice Chapin was born on 22 February 1769, in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Elisha Chapin, was 25 and her mother, Eunice Jones, was 27. She married Charles Ferre on 17 December 1790, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1840, in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 71.
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- Eunice Chapin, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Eunice Chapin, "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887"
- Eunice Chapin, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
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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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