Silas Chappell

Brief Life History of Silas

When Silas Chappell was born about 1807, in Chowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Henry Chappell, was 29 and his mother, Esther Perry, was 24. He married Elizabeth Ann Copeland on 2 December 1826, in Perquimans MM, Perquimans, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Chowan, Chowan, North Carolina, United States in 1830. He died before 4 November 1845, in North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Silas Chappell
1807–1845
Elizabeth Ann Copeland
1809–1893
James Copeland Chappell
1827–1914
Sarah A. E. Chappell
1829–1900
Jesse A Chappell
1832–1912
Gulielma Jane Chappell
1836–1908
Thomas F. Chappell
1838–1925
Esther P Chappell
1840–1900
Silas Walton Chappell
1844–1928

Sources (15)

  • Silas Chapple, "United States, Census, 1830"
  • Marriage intentions and record - Silas Chappell and Elizabeth Copeland - 1826
  • Silas Chappell in entry for Thomas Chappell, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"

World Events (3)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel, from Middle English chapel(l)e ‘chapel’, via Old French, from Late Latin capella, originally a diminutive of capa ‘hood, cloak’, but later transferred to the sense ‘chapel, sanctuary’, with reference to the shrine at Tours where the cloak of Saint Martin was preserved as a relic.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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