Jane Crisp

Femalefrom 1806 to 1810–

Brief Life History of Jane

Jane Crisp was born from 1806 to 1810, in Burke, North Carolina, United States.

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    World Events (3)

    1808

    Age 2

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    1812

    Age 6

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

    1830 · Trail of Tears

    Age 24

    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: nickname for a man with curly hair, from Middle English crisp, crips, scrip, Old English crisp, cryps (from Latin crispus), reinforced in Middle English by an Old French word also from Latin crispus. In some cases this is possibly a nickname from the personal name Crispin .

    Americanized form of German Krisp: nickname from Middle High German krisp, krispel ‘curly-haired man’.

    Americanized form of German Krisp: from a short form of the medieval personal name Krispin (see Crispin ).

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

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