Christian David Maffitt

Brief Life History of Christian David

Christian David Maffitt was born on 7 January 1807, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Rachel Coldren about 1835. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Poweshiek Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1870. He died in September 1886, in Pleasant Hill, Custer, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Christian David Maffitt
1807–1886
Rachel Coldren
1807–1869
Marriage: about 1835
Eliza J. Maffitt
1836–
Nehemiah Coldren Maffitt
1837–1886
Sarah Maria Maffitt
1842–1921
Amanda Ann Moffett
1845–1927
Johnson Lutty Maffitt
1849–1928

Sources (5)

  • Christian Maffit in household of Henry C Reiman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Christian S. Moffitt, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • David Moffitt in entry for John J. Moffitt, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Scottish: see Moffat .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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