Daily AncestorEppa
Eppa is an old nickname for Epaphroditus, found in American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Eppa is a short form of Epaphroditus, a New Testament name.
The same man can be Epaphroditus in one record and Eppa in the next, for example a birth under one name and a marriage under the other. Match age, place and relatives before you join the two.
As seen in a recordStore account book, 1826; the same man signs deeds as Epaphroditus
Recd of Eppa Birtwhistle two dollars in full of all accounts
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