Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Chalfant was born in 1749, in Delaware Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Chalfant, was 21 and his mother, Margaret Green, was 24. He married Rachel Walter on 19 May 1774, in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.
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- Robert Chalfant, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Robert Chalfant in entry for Rachel Walter, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Robert Chalfant, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1772
Historical Boundaries: 1772: Northumberland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Name Meaning
English: variant of Chalfont, a habitational name from either of two places in Buckinghamshire, Chalfont Saint Giles and Chalfont St. Peter, named with Old English cealf ‘calf’ + funta ‘spring’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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