When Thomas Case was born in 1663, in Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Case I, was 31 and his mother, Martha Corwin, was 31. He died on 16 April 1720, in his hometown, at the age of 57.
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After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York
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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