Brief Life History of Lavina
When Lavina Nichols was born on 7 June 1734, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Theophilus Nichols, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Curtiss, was 32. She married Zachariah Coe in 1754, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 10 July 1805, in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Lavinnia Nicholls, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Levinia Coe, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elavinia Coe in entry for John Coe and Sarah Beardsley, "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1786
Post office est. April 5, 1786
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Nichol , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ); see also below.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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