Brief Life History of Chauncy P.
When Chauncy P. Fitch was born on 17 January 1771, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jabez Fitch, was 41 and his mother, Lydia Huntington, was 35. He married Elizabeth Sheldon about 1801. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 January 1823, in Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Sheldon Cemetery, Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Fitch in entry for Henry Fitch, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Chancey Fitch, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Chauncy Fitch in entry for Chauncy P Fitch and Emeline Lincoln, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
Spouse and Children
1771–1823 Male
1783–1815 Female
Children (8)
1801–1827 Male
1801–1876 Male
1803– Female
1804–1874 Male
1806–1877 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1729–1806 Male
1735–1803 Female
Siblings (12)
1755–1755 Male
1756–1833 Male
1758–1759 Female
1760–1800 Female
1762–1763 Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 5
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 5
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 15
Name Meaning
from Old French fiche, perhaps ‘pointed implement for fixing or transfixing something or someone’ (such as a lance?), a derivative of Old French fichier ‘to fix, fasten, pin on, stick into, pierce’. Compare Modern French fiche ‘peg, pin’. Reaney remarks that ‘as Hugh Malet is said to have abandoned for a time his nickname ‘little hammer’ in favor of Fichet (see Mallet ), fiche must have been used of a pointed weapon, a spear or lance, and Fitch and Fitchett (see Fitchett ) of a spearman or a knight famous for his exploits with the lance’. Use of Fiche as a personal name is possibly implied by diminutive personal name forms such as Fechet (see Fitchett ) and Fechel, attested in Fechel de Fercalahn, 1225–50. The latter is perhaps the source of the now extinct English surname Fetchell.
occasionally a variant of Fitz .
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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