Eleanor Chaffin was born in Stokes, North Carolina, United States as the daughter of Omega Chaffin Sr and Martha Young. She died in 1848, in her hometown.
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English (Dorset and Somerset, of Norman origin): nickname for a bald man, from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman French chauf ‘bald(-headed)’ (from Latin calvus).
History: All present-day English bearers of the name Chaffin are descended from John Chaffin (died 1658), a blacksmith of Bruton, Somerset.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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