When Joseph Case was born on 22 April 1730, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, John Case, was 37 and his mother, Abigail Elizabeth Sunderland, was 37. He married Phebe Niles on 23 May 1779, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 30 September 1811, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 81.
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English: from Middle English cass, case ‘box, chest, casket, case’ (from Latin capsa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of boxes or chests.
English: alternatively, a variant of Cass or Cash .
Americanized form of French Caisse .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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