Caleb Churchman

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

The Life Summary 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, and was buried in Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.

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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–
Anna Churchman
1817–1895
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 1808Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    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 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
    Age 4
    On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
    1808
    Age 25
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English chirch(e)man ‘clergyman; churchwarden; lay official responsible for church finances’. The earliest examples would have denoted a custodian or keeper of a church (Old English cyriceman), not a clergyman, though the earlier sense had probably been superseded by the time the surname arose.Possibly an Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirchmann (see Kirchman ).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Kirchman

    Sources (12)

    • Caleb Churchman, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
    • Caleb Churchman in household of Geo Baker, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Caleb Churchman in entry for Benjamin W Oakford, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

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