THE CHIPMAN FAMILY A GENEALOGY OF THE CHIPMANS IN AMERICA 1631-1920 BY BERT LEE CHIPMAN BERT L. CHIPMAN. PUBLISHER WINSTON-SALEM. N. C. COPYRIGHT 1920 BERT L. CHIPMAN MONOTYPED BY THE WINSTON PRINTING COMPANY WrN9TON-SALEM, N. C, Introduction Many hours have been spent in gathering and compiling the data that makes up this genealogy of the Chipman family; a correspondence has been carried on extending to every part of the United States and Canada, requiring several thousand letters; but it has been a pleasant task. What is proposed by genealogical research is not to laud individuals, nor to glorify such families as would other­ wise remain without glory. Heraldic arms have as little worth as military aside from the worth of those bearing them. Not the armor but the army merits and should best repay describing. It has been my earnest desire to make this work as complete and accurate as possible. In this connection I wish to acknowledge the valuable aid in research work rendered by Mr. W. A. Chipman (1788), Mr. S. L. Chip­ man (1959), Mrs. B. W. Gillespie (see 753) and Mrs. Margaret T. Reger (see 920). C Orgin THE NAME CHIPMAN is of English otjgin, early existing in various forms such as,-Chipenham, Chippenham, Chiepman and Chipnam. The name is to be found quite frequently in the books prepared by the Record Commis­ sion appointed by the British Parliament, and from i085 to 1350 it usually appears with the prefix de, as,~e Chippenham. Several towns in England bear the name in one of its f onns, for instance: Chippenham, Buckingham Co., twenty-two miles from London, is "a Liberty in the Parish and Hundred of Burnham, forming a part of the ancient demesnes of the crown and said to be the site of a palace of the Mercian kings." Chippenham, Cambridge Co., sixty-one miles from London, is '' a Parish in the Hundred of Staplehou, a dis­ charged Vicarage in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk and Diocese of Norwich." Chippenham, Wilts Co., ninety-three miles from London, is "a Borough, Market-town and Parish in the Hundred of Chippenham and a place of great antiquity. In the time of King Alfred it was one of the finest towns in the kingdom." The earliest public mention of the name, which we find, is of Willielmus de Chippenham who was chairman of the commissioners in the Hundred of Staplehou, Cambridge County, England, and who by the order of William the 10 THE CfilPMAN FAMILY Conqueror took an inventory of the extensive estates possessed by the Monastery of Ely in 1085. The original record of that survey is preserved among the Cottonian Manuscripts and is marked "Tiberius A. VI." From 1085 to 1567 the name appears in the books pre­ pared by the Record Commission and other works equally authentic. The Chipman lineage in America is traced from at least fou~ of the passengers from England to America in· the Mayflower. John Howland and his wife Elizabeth Tillie (parents of Hope, first wife of John Chipman) having, along with her parents John and Elizabeth Tillie, come to America in that brave little company. And a little further down the line, Priscilla, wife of Seth Chipman (18) and daughter of Maj. John Bradford, was descended from Gov. Bradford and her mother was Mercy Warren whose ancestor also came to America in the Mayflower. So that branch of the Chipman family descended ' from Seth Chipman (18) can trace their descent from six if not eight of the Mayflower passengers. The Chipmam Arms THE Chipman Arms have in their coloring and other­ wise enough appearance of antiquity to render it quite certain that the picture was made in England. The arms are described as follows,-" Ar. a bend betw. six estoiles gu. Crest-a leopard sejant ar. murally crown­ ed;" or less technically,-"Upon a white shield or escutch­ eon a red shoulder belt between six red stars. Seated above the shield a white leopard, on his head a red mural crown." This description is given by Messrs. Burke as pertaining to the Chipmans once residing in Bristol, England. Messrs. Burke say,-"The crest or cognizance served to distinguish the combatants in battle or tournament;" and M. Pory says,-" A mural crown was conferred on him who first, at an assault, mounted the walls of a besieged town and there set up a standard." So then, the Chipman to whom was originally awarded this coat of arms was a soldier approved and rewarded for his valor. The Genealogy Thomas Chipman was born, probably in White­ church, near Dorchester, England about 1567; died about 1623. He owned property in Whitechurch which yielded him an income of £50 per annum. In 1775, Thomas Chipman of Salisbury, Conn., caused inquiries to be made by Silas Dean or Benj. Franklin, colonial agents in England, in regard to the estate, and ascertained that it lay as above described and that the rental was £500. He was prevent­ ed from prosecuting his claim by the breaking out of the Revolution and its consequences. Thomas Chipman married, about 1590, ------­ who died about 1637. We find mention of but three children,- 1. John. Hannor (Hannah?) Tumsum (Thomasine?) First Generation 1. John Chipman was born, probably at Bryans­ Piddle, near Dorchester, England, about 1614; died April 7, 1708. Always brotherless and early left fatherless, he sailed from Barnstable, Devon County, England, in May 1631, in the ship Friendship, arriving in Boston, July 14, 1631. John Chipman was the first and only one of the name to seek a home in America, and up to 1850 there was no Chipman in this country who was not de­ scended from him. On March 2, 1642 he brought a suit against his cousin, John Derby, to recover money which he affirmed the said John Derby unjustly witheld from him. How this suit resulted does not appear. John Chipman was for succes­ sive years a selectman, then in Plymouth Colony invest­ ed with the authority of a magistrate, and was often a "Deputy to Court;" and he with three assistants was de­ signated to frequent the early Quaker meetings and "endeavor to reduce them from the errors of their wayes." He became on June 30, 1653, as his wife had become Aug. 7, 1650, a member of the church at Barnstable, Mass., and its records state that, "Henry Cobb and John Chipman were chosen and ordained to be ruling elders of this same church and were solemnly invested with office upon ye 14th day of April, A. D. 1670." In 1646 John Chipman married Hope, second daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tillie} Howland, born in Plymouth, Mass., 1629; died 1683. There stands, or lately stood, in the ancient burial ground on Lothrop Hill in Barnstable, Mass., a headstone denoting where was '' interred ye body of Mrs. Hope Chipman, wife of Elder John Chipman." 14 THE CHIPMAN FAMILY In 1684 he married Ruth, youngest daughter of William Sargent, born in Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 25, 1642; died in Sandwich, Mass., Oct. 4, 1713. She had previously married Jonathan Winslow of Marshfield, and after his decease she married, in July 1677, Rev. Richard Bourne who died in 1682. The will of John Chipman, dated Nov. 12, 1702, proved May 17, 1708, mentions his "wife Ruth," the children named below and his '' grandchildren Mary Gale and Jabez Dimock, and his friend Mr. (Rev.) Jonathan Russell of Barnstable.'' His children were all by his first marriage and except a son and daughter who died in infancy, all survived him as follows,- 2. Samuel, born April 15, 1661 3. John, March 3, 1670 4. Elizabeth, June 24, 1647 m~ Hosea Joyce. 5. Hope, Aug. 31, 1652 m. 1st, Jno. Huckins; 2nd, Jonathan Cobb. 6. Lydia, - Dec. 25, 1654 m. John Sargent of Malden, Mass. 7. Hannah, Jan. 14, 1658 m. 1680, Thomas Huckins~ 8. Ruth,· Dec. 31, 1663 m. 1682, Eleazer Crocker. 9. Bethia, - July 1, 1666 m. Shubael Dimock. 10. Mercy, Feb. 6, 1668 m. 1699, Nathan Skiff. 11. Desire, Feb. 26, 1673 m. 1695, Col. 11elatiah Bourne. Second Genei-ation l. Samuel Chipman, first son of John Chipman (1) was born in Barnstable, Mass., April 15, 1661; died. in 1723. He resided in Barnstable, was often employed in its local affairs and was esteemed by its citizens. He built, on the paternal homestead near the Custom House the "CJ:iipman Tavern" which continued in the line of his posterity until 1830. He became a member of the church Aug. 16, 1691 and, as the records state, was or­ dained a deacon Sept. 1, 1706. · Said to have been a car­ penter, he was by record a "yoeman and an innholder." On Dec. 27, 1686 he married Sarah, twelfth child of Ru. Elder Henry Cobb and his wife Sarah, of Barnstable, born March 10, 1663; died Jan. 8, 1743. Samuel Chip­ man's will dated Aug. 31, 1722, proved June 17, 1723, mentions his wife and the chldren named below. Eleven children,- 12. Thomas, born Nov. 17, 1687 13. Samuel, Aug. 6, 1689 / 14. John, Feb. 16, 1691 14a. Abigail, Sept. 15, 1692 m. 1713, Nathaniel Jackson of Barnstable 15. Mercy, ~ Jan. 10 , 1694 • 16 . Josep h , 17. Jacob, Aug. 30, 1695 18. Seth, Feb. 24, 1697 19. Hannah, Sept. 24, 1699 m. Barnabas Lothrop of Barnstable. 20. Sarah, Nov. 1, 1701 21. Barnabas, March 24, 1702 16 THE CIDPMAN FAMILY 3. Hon. John Chipman, second sond of John Chip­ man (1), was born in Barnstable, :tvlass., Mai ch 3, 1670; died Jan. 4, 1756. In Massachusetts he was a magistrate, a member of the General Court, a justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 1722.