Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Child was born on 24 March 1765, in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Eleazar Child, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Green, was 22.
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Parents and Siblings
1737–1770 Male
1742– Female
Siblings (4)
1763–1844 Female
1763– Female
1763– Female
1765– Female
World Events (8)
1776
Age 11
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 16
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 35
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English child ‘child, infant’ (Old English cild), in various possible applications. The word is found in Old English as a byname, and in Middle English as a widely used affectionate term of address. It was also used as a term of status for a young man of noble birth, although the exact meaning is not clear; in the 13th and 14th centuries it was a technical term used of a young noble awaiting elevation to the knighthood. In other cases it may have been applied as a byname to a youth considerably younger than his brothers or to one who was a minor on the death of his father.
in Kent, possibly a topographic name from Old English cielde ‘spring (water)’, a rare word derived from c(e)ald ‘cold’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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