When Martha Champlin was born on 26 August 1800, in Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Samuel Champlin, was 41 and her mother, Freelove Ross, was 41. She had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with Jonathan W. Sisson. She lived in Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1860. She died on 7 August 1876, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in West Mystic, Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
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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.
English (of Norman origin): from Anglo-Norman French Campelin, Champelin, occasionally C(h)ample(i)n and C(h)ampel(i)on, perhaps A habitational name denoting a man from any of the places in Normandy and Picardy named with Latin campelli ‘little fields’, such as Campeaux (Calvados, Oise) or (Les) Champeaux (Manche, Orne). In Yorkshire, Camplin may have been confused with Campion .
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