Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Chappell was born in 1581, in Wookey, Somerset, England, his father, Anthony Chappell, was 38 and his mother, Agnes Godwin, was 38.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Beniamin Chappell, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
Parents and Siblings
1544– Male
1544– Female
Siblings (6)
1567– Male
1570– Female
1574– Female
1577– Male
1581– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (5)
1585 · The First English Colony is Established in America
Age 4
1587 · Elizabeth I Signs Death Warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots
Age 6
1620 · The Pilgrims Board the Mayflower
Age 39
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel, from Middle English chapel(l)e ‘chapel’, via Old French, from Late Latin capella, originally a diminutive of capa ‘hood, cloak’, but later transferred to the sense ‘chapel, sanctuary’, with reference to the shrine at Tours where the cloak of Saint Martin was preserved as a relic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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