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Author: bill_eastoe
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Hi there. Just came across your message re Valentine CHAPLIN.
The following is an extract from one of my research documents on the EASTO(E) surname, and
may be relevant to your research.
"Samuel EASTO, and his wife Deborah, baptized their son Valentine Chaplin EASTO in
Epsom, on 6 November 1816, according to an entry in the IGI. This may be the Samuel EASTO
who was baptised in Fressingfield, Suffolk, on 14 October 1787, the son of Samuel EASTO
and Elizabeth CHAPMAN.
According to various censuses Valentine would have been about 7 years old at the time of
his baptism. Nothing more is currently known of him, prior to the 1841 census . At that
time he was shown as a '30' year old Surrey born Tea Dealer, living in Devon
Street, Newington. It is possible that he is related to the Robert EASTO (born
Fressingfield, Suffolk, c1795) who was a Southwark (South London) Tea Dealer at the same
time. Interestingly, the London Gazette of 22 July 1823 gives notice that on 25 June 1823
a partnership between Valentine CHAPLIN and Robert EASTO, Tea Dealers of 19 Tooley Street,
Southwark, was dissolved by mutual consent."
There seems to have been some interchange between the names CHAPLIN and CHAPMAN, at
various times, leading me to believe that your Valentine CHAPLIN may have been related to
the Elizabeth CHAPMAN who was Valentine Chaplin EASTO's grandmother.
Regards
Bill Eastoe
bill_eastoe(a)hotmail.com
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