Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Chaffe was born in 1771, in Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Chaffe, was 24 and his mother, Ann Arnold, was 19. He died in October 1821, at the age of 50, and was buried in Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (3)
- Samuel Chaff, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Chaffe - Published information: death:
- Samuel Chaffe, "England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887"
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World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (Devon; of Norman origin): nickname meaning ‘bald’, from Parisian Old French chauf (Norman and Picard cauf, Latin calvus).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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