Caleb Churchman

4 November 1783–23 March 1864 (Age 80)
Prince George's, Maryland, United States

The Life of Caleb

When Caleb Churchman was born on 4 November 1783, in Prince George's, Maryland, United States, his father, Edward Churchman, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Peirce, was 17. He married Martha Shelley on 1 September 1808, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Chester MM, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 23 March 1864, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Churchman
1783–1864
Martha Shelley
1786–1827
Marriage: 1 September 1808
John Churchman
1809–
George W Churchman
1811–1871
Frances S Churchman
1814–
Ann Churchman
1816–1886
Rebecca P. Churchman
1818–1866
Henry Lawrence Churchman
1821–1896
Sallie B Churchman
1823–1857
Martha S Churchman
1827–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1 September 1808
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
children

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Parents and Siblings

siblings

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World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Age 3

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

Age 4

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1808

Age 25

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

1 English: topographic name for someone who lived by a church, from Middle English chirche ( see Church ) + man.2 Possibly a translation of German Kirchmann ( see Kirchman ).

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Caleb Churchman in household of Geo Baker, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Caleb Churchman in entry for Henry L. Churchman, "Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961"
  • Caleb Churchman, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940"

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