Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Chapin was born on 11 November 1782, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, George Chapin Jr., was 38 and her mother, Phebe Sikes, was 38. She married Munson Pond about 1806, in Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 April 1829, at the age of 46.
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- Phebe Chapin, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Phebe Chapin, "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887"
- Phebe Chapin, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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.
Name Meaning
French and Spanish: from Old French eschapin, Spanish chapín ‘type of overshoe made of cork’, applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made them.
English: variant of Chopin , more commonly surviving in England as Chopping and Chappin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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