Brief Life History of James
When James Upchurch was born on 20 May 1816, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel Upchurch, was 43 and his mother, Mary Ellen Simmons, was 43.
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1772–1841 Male
1772–1841 Female
Siblings (11)
1795–1816 Female
1797–1855 Male
1798–1844 Male
1800–1880 Male
1802–1860 Female
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World Events (3)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 4
1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 14
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place called as ‘the high church’ or possibly the higher of two churches, from Middle English up ‘up, high, higher’ + chirche ‘church’ (Old English upp + cirice). There is a village of this name in Kent, near Chatham, but the geographical distribution of the surname suggests its origin is in Huntingdonshire or Cambridgeshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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