Delia Chapin

Brief Life History of Delia

When Delia Chapin was born on 3 March 1798, in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joseph Chapin, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Jacobs, was 34. She married Samuel Davenport Torrey on 21 January 1821, in Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 8 December 1821, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 23.

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Samuel Davenport Torrey
1789–1877
Delia Chapin
1798–1821
Marriage: 21 January 1821

Sources (4)

  • Delia Chapin, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Delia Chapin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Delia Chapin, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

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World Events (7)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

French and Spanish: from Old French eschapin, Spanish chapín ‘type of overshoe made of cork’, applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made them.

English: variant of Chopin , more commonly surviving in England as Chopping and Chappin.

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

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