Brief Life History of Christopher
When Christopher Chappell was christened in January 1734, his father, Nathaniel Chappel, was 41 and his mother, Jane Hopkins, was 28.
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- Christopher Chappel, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
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Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel, from Middle English chapel(l)e ‘chapel’, via Old French, from Late Latin capella, originally a diminutive of capa ‘hood, cloak’, but later transferred to the sense ‘chapel, sanctuary’, with reference to the shrine at Tours where the cloak of Saint Martin was preserved as a relic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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