Deborah Spaulding

Brief Life History of Deborah

When Deborah Spaulding was born on 30 December 1746, in Quinebaug, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Spaulding, was 28 and her mother, Lydia Wheeler, was 25. She married Ebenezer Copp on 15 September 1773, in Quinebaug, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She registered for military service in 1831. She died on 25 December 1836, in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Old Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Copp
1746–1835
Deborah Spaulding
1746–1836
Marriage: 15 September 1773
John Copp
1775–1863
Francis Marion Copp
1780–

Sources (8)

  • Deborah Spaulding, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Deborah Spaulding in the Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  • Deborah Copp, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Aberdeenshire) and English (Cambridgeshire and Norfolk): habitational name from Spalding (Lincolnshire), from Old English Spaldas, the name of an Anglian tribe who settled chiefly in the fen-lands of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, + the groupname suffix -ingas. Compare Spafford .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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