INQUIRIES ARCHIVE

I am trying to research the Chapman side of my family and I know that I am related to a lot of Chapman’s who lived in Ellis, Kansas after 1870. I know that my Great x2 Grandfather, Thomas Chapman was born in Sittingbourne, Kent England and was an engineer for the UPRR in Ellis. I wonder if the Chapman Family Association is still active (I can't tell from the website that it is very active) and, if so, does your organization have any information on this branch of the Chapman family.

Ray Chapman responded to June Plummer:
My name is Ray Chapman and I am the CFA branch manager for Thomas Chapman of Fredrick County, Virginia (? – 1812). I am responding to your note because I believe your Chapman line and mine lead to the same common Chapman ancestor. The reason I say this is because I, and several others of the Thomas line, have had our YDNA tested as did Myrl Chapman, a brother to Jackie Konecny who was a very active member of the CFA. Jackie had given me a fairly extensive writeup on the William Chapman family some years ago showing Myrl’s line back to William. I knew that the Plummer surname was very prevalent in the William Chapman writeup. Unfortunately, I have lost contact with Jackie several years ago and I was hoping to reestablish some contacts within the William Chapman line. I cannot tell you how your William and my Thomas were related, but brothers is the closest possible opportunity. It is certain, however, that the William line and the Thomas line are fairly closely related. I have been hoping that the William connection would help identify the next earlier generation of Thomas, but no luck to date. Relative to the grave markers, I ask a headstone company to secure a headstone to the base for one of my ancestors and the result was quite satisfactory. A second thought is to possibly contact the historical society of the county and possibly the Sons of The American Revolution to see if there is any specific protocol for saturations like the one you describe.
Finally, I would be most interested in knowing contact information for any of the William line who is actively pursuing the genealogy of William.

My efforts are focused on establishing the parentage of Thomas Chapman and his wife Anne Harding. I have confirmed their wedding at St. Mary's of Woolnoth, London, England on May 8th, 1610, shortly before he embarked on the vessel Tyall with the Virginia Company of London, under the leadership of Sir Thomas Dale.
The record becomes convoluted as to Thomas Chapman's parentage. Some indicate Benjamin Chapman and Ann Parkinson, others indicate a Thomas Chapman. I am hopeful that the Chapman Family Association will assist in breaking through this genealogical brick wall that I may advance my record.

Happy to be a part of this FB group. I have Chapman's on both sides of my family and both are brick walls.

Mother's side: Thomas Chapman b. 1812 in New York, d. 1875 Dunlap, Iowa, a Civil War Veteran, was my 3rd Great grandfather. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Rogers (another brickwall). They spent most of their married life in Bloomingdale, Illinois. His daughter Martha Elizabeth Chapman married Joseph Decker Nelson.

Father's side: Mary E. Chapman b. 1819 in Ohio, d. 1880 in Highland, Kansas was my 3rd great grandmother. She married Francis King in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, before they moved onto Adams County, Illinois and then Doniphan County, Kansas.