Brief Life History of Elisa Ann
When Elisa Ann Chapman was born on 30 August 1817, in Tewksbury, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Chapman, was 44 and her mother, Esther Kittredge, was 44. She married Asa Choate on 25 March 1835, in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years. She died on 17 April 1897, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Eliza A Choate in household of Asa Choate, "Massachusetts, State Census, 1855"
- Eliza Ann Chapman, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Eliza Ann Chapman, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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World Events (7)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English chap(pe)man, chepman, Old English cēapmann, cēpemann, a compound of cēap ‘barter, bargain, price, property’ + mann ‘man’.
Jewish: adopted probably for a like-sounding or like-meaning name in some other European language; see for example Kaufman .
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. John Chapmen (sic) was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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