Brief Life History of John C
When John C Fifield was born on 28 December 1829, in Bakersville, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States, his father, Joseph Fifield, was 35 and his mother, Lydia Hand, was 28. He married Abigail Tilton on 18 April 1852, in Mays Landing, Hamilton Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in New Jersey, United States in 1870 and Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States for about 5 years. He died on 30 June 1903, in Atlantic, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bargaintown, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States.
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- John C Fifield, "New Jersey State Census, 1885"
- John C Fifield, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- John C Fifueld, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1837
Historical Boundaries 1693: New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1710: Gloucester, new Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Gloucester, New Jersey, United States 1837: Atlantic, New Jersey, United States
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Atlantic, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Fifield or Fyfield, of which there are instances in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, all so named from Old English fīf ‘five’ + hīde ‘hides’ (a hide being an Anglo-Saxon measurement of land area).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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