Brief Life History of John Kenyon
When John Kenyon Champlin was born about 1797, in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Joseph Champlin, was 40 and his mother, Nancy Kenyon, was 34. He married Rebecca Sherman about 1827, in Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Castile, Castile, Wyoming, New York, United States for about 10 years.
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- John K Champlin, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sherman Genealogy
- John K Champlin, "United States Census, 1850"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1811 · USS Revenge
On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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