Sarah Lapham

Female24 May 1780–1814

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Lapham was born on 24 May 1780, in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joseph Lapham, was 36 and her mother, Lucy Shurtleff, was 31. She died in 1814, at the age of 34.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Lapham
1745–1814
Lucy Shurtleff
1749–1814
Abigail Lapham
1768–
Jabez Shurtleff Lapham
1770–1842
Lucy Lapham
1773–1789
Betsey Lapham
1775–1849
Thomas Lapham
1777–1814
Sarah Lapham
1780–1814
John Lapham
1780–
John Lapham
1782–
Joseph Lapham
1784–1814
James Lapham
1787–1814
Lucy Lapham
1789–
Elisha Lapham
1792–1842

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  • Sarah Lapham, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

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Siblings (12)

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World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Age 1

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1783 · A Free America

Age 3

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.

1791

Age 11

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

English: probably a habitational name from Lopham, a place in Norfolk, so named from an Old English personal name Loppa + hām ‘village, homestead’.

Americanized form of French Lapalme .

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

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