Peter Chandler Virgin

Brief Life History of Peter Chandler

When Peter Chandler Virgin was born on 23 July 1782, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Ebenezer Virgin, was 47 and his mother, Dorcas Lovejoy, was 42. He married Sally Keyes on 24 July 1813, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States for about 10 years and Maine, United States in 1870. He died on 8 April 1871, at the age of 88, and was buried in Rumford Point Cemetery, Rumford Point, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Chandler Virgin
1782–1871
Sally Keyes
1792–1853
Marriage: 24 July 1813
Maria Caroline Lovisa Virgin
1814–1887
Patrick Henry Virgin
1816–1887
Joseph W. Virgin
1820–1822
Colonel William Wirt Virgin
1823–1893
Theodore F. H. Virgin
1831–1832
Dorcus Courtney Virgin
1833–1861

Sources (32)

  • Peter E Virgin, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Peter Chandler Virgin, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Peter C. Esq. Virgin, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"

World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1805

Historical Boundaries: 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English: status name from Middle English virgin(e), virgen ‘young, unmarried woman’ (Old French virgin(e), virgene), all variants of virge from Latin virgo. See Virgo .

Swedish: probably a cognate of German name in 3 below. However, at least in one case this is, according to family tradition, a habitational name derived from the name of the village Verchen in northern Germany.

German: variant of Vergin .

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

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