Brief Life History of Deborah
When Deborah Colvin was born on 28 May 1693, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Colvin, was 39 and her mother, Dorothy Allen, was 34.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Daborah Calvin, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Deborah Colvin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Daborah Calvin, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Parents and Siblings
1654–1729 Male
1659–1724 Female
Siblings (9)
1679–1698 Female
1681–1764 Male
1683–1764 Male
1686– Female
1688–1759 Male
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World Events (4)
1776
Age 83
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 83
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 93
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish (Donegal, Antrim): variant of Colville , probably reflecting a local pronunciation. The name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century.
Manx: if not identical with 1, perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Kolbeinn, with /v/ substituted for /b/.
English: from the rare Middle English personal name Colwin, Colvin, which may be a borrowing into English of a Welsh name whose modern form is Collwyn ‘white’, or of colwyn ‘doe, puppy, pet dog’, or of the placename Colwyn (Denbighshire, Radnorshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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