Brief Life History of Catharine
When Catharine Babcock was born in 1819, in Hamden, Delaware, New York, United States, her father, William Babcock, was 22 and her mother, Harriet Holliday, was 19. She had at least 2 sons and 6 daughters with Amos G. Chace. She lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870. She died before 1929.
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Sources (6)
- Catherine Chase, "United States Census, 1870"
- Catherine Babcock in entry for Marietta Chace Farnsworth, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Catherine Chase in household of Cyrus Carrington, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1825
Established in 1825
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): although the first element of this name would suggest it is derived from the Middle English personal name Babb (see Babb ), apparently it is a post-medieval form of Badcock, from the Middle English personal name Badecok, a pet form of Bade (see Bade ) + the diminutive suffix -cok. There is no reason why a Middle English Babbecok, a pet form of Babb (itself a pet form of Barbara ), should not have existed, but evidence has yet to be found.
History: James Babcock settled in Portsmouth, RI, in 1642.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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