CHAPMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
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INQUIRIES ARCHIVE
Tackling the Chapman Lineages
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Nathaniel Chapman
We have proven our family linkages down to Nathaniel Chapman (and Constantia Pearson Chapman). However, we have been unable to find documentary proof (e.g., birth, marriage or death certificates, wills, deeds, etc.) linking back to Jonathan Chapman, from him to Thomas Chapman III, then to Thomas Chapman II, and finally to Thomas Chapman I, who came over on the Tryall in 1610 even though they appear in many genealogical writings.
Could anyone offer some suggestions in this regard? I will be very grateful for any suggestions or persons to contact that may be helpful in this research.
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George Plinio Montalvan
Patience Chapman
I am related to Patience Chapman who married Henry William Weyman (Wayman, Wyman) They were married June 20, 1763, Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey. I have lots of information forward to present day but little previous to 1763. I was told Patience was a daughter to Edward Chapman and Bathsheba Heulings but no proof.
Would there be any one who would have information on this line?
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C. Connelly
Philander Chapman
I am actively researching the family of Philander Chapman in Michigan. I am active on both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch. If anyone has any information on this family or would like to collaborate with me, please reach out to me by email. The real challenge is finding Philander’s origins and his parents’ names. Below is some basic information which I have compiled so far. Email me for more information.
1.Philander1Chapman b about 1804 likely in NY m about 1838 likely in Detroit, Wayne, MI MARY DES ANGES FURTON, b there 7 Mar 1821 d there 1 Jan 1906 dau of Francis Xavier Furton and Mary Des Anges Sene, res 1840 Marshall, Calhoun, MI as head of household d 1844 bur 18 Jul 1844 Albion, Calhoun, MI in Riverside Cemetery
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2. i. George2 W. b 3 Jan 1840
3. ii. Charles Frank b 18 Feb 1844
2.George W.2Chapman (Philander1) b 3 Jan 1840 MI bap 6 Apr 1841 Ste Anne Detroit m 30 Apr 1860 Detroit, MI MARY COUTURE, b 14 Jul 1843 Detroit, MI d and bur about 1906 Mabton, Yakima, WA dau of Louis Couture and Marie Amable Bourdon, res Detroit until about 1891 moved to Seattle and then Yakima, WA d and bur about 1906 Mabton, Yakima WA
Children:
i. Georgius3 Chapman bap 19 Oct 1860 Ste Anne Detroit bur there 22 Oct 1860
ii. Ludovicus Chapman b Jan 1862 Ste Anne Detroit bur there 3 Sep 1862
iii. Charles William Chapman b 10 Nov 1862 Macomb, MI d 11 Feb 1932 Bowling Green, FL
iv. Alvin Chapman b about 1866 Detroit, MI d 15 Apr 1915 Vancouver, Canada
v. Anne Chapman b 1868 Michigan d 17 Nov 1890 Detroit, MI
vi. Lucia Chapman b 7 Apr 1872 Detroit, MI d about 1882
vii. George W. Chapman b 1 Jan 1876 d after 1922
3.Charles Frank2Chapman (Philander1) b 18 Feb 1844 Albion, Calhoun, MI m 28 Oct 1865 Macomb, MI JANE J. LEGRAFF, b 16 May 1849 Clinton, MI d 15 Sep 1922 Mason, MI dau of Joseph LeGraff and Celia Joy, enlisted in company B, June 19, 1861, at Fort Wayne, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 28, 1861. Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 1862, at Brandy Station, VA. Mustered Dec. 26, 1863. Promoted Corporal October 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability at Washington, DC, Dec. 24, 1864 d 30 Jan 1906 Chase, MI bur in Free Soil, MI
Children:
i. Alice L.3 Chapman b 27 Mar 1867 Mason, MI d 26 Sep 1928 Ludington, MI
ii. Eva May Chapman b 19 May 1870 Sherman, MI d 10 Sep 1908 Maine
iii. Nellie Maud Chapman b 9 Oct 1874 Sherman, MI d 13 May 1911 Ludington MI
iv. Frank Howard Chapman b 28 Aug 1878 Sherman, MI d 14 Mar 1948 Venango, PA
v. Ida Estell Chapman b 25 Jul 1885 Sherman, MI d 22 Aug 1949 Wellston, MI
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McKay Coffey
Reuben Chapman Sr.
Nancy Jean Salvi is looking for the parents of her 5th generation great grandfather, Reuben Chapman Sr., born ca 1761 CT. She believes his father is Collins Chapman Sr, born 1732 Saybrook CT. LDS records list Collins Sr. with 4 children. Collins JR (well documented) is born 1757, a second child (female) is born ca 1759, and a 3rd child (male) Chapman is born ca 1761. She thinks this third child is my Reuben Chapman Sr.
A CFA member #589, David Westley Chapman, listed his Chapman ancestors, and I believe the elder Collins Chapman is my Reuben's father. Everything fits....She does not have proof. Here is what she knows:
Reuben (born ca 1761) married Hannah Botsford (born ca 1765) in Derby New Haven CT in 1780, He appears in the Derby New Haven CT Census for 1790, and I don't see him again.
His son, R(euben) Chapman Jr (born ca 1781) appears in the 1810 Oxford New Haven CT Census, and even he disappears after that. Reuben Jr's wife, Polly, dies in 1813, the same year their daughter Polly Ann Chapman is born.
Daughter Polly Ann Chapman (born 1813), of Oxford. Marries Thomas Robinson in 1836.
Their daughter Sarah Maria Robinson married James Livingston Adams in 1857...continuing the line to me.
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Nancy Jean Salvi