Descendants of William Chapman Generation 1 1. WILLIAM1 CHAPMAN was born in 1652 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massschuetts. He died in 1732 in Amesbury, Windham County, Connecticut. He married ELISABETH SMITH. She was born in 1657 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachuetts. She died in 1732 in Windham, Connecticut. Notes for William Chapman: This William, born in 1642 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massschuettes, is the earliest Chapman about which my data gathering has been able to include. He was born the year Maryland was founded by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland "Chapman is English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English 'chapman,' Old English, 'ceapmann,' a compound of 'ceap' or 'barter,' or 'bargain,' 'price,' 'property The name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th Century onward. John Chapman (sic)was one of the free planters who assented to the 'FundamentalAgreement' of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 169." Source: Patrick Hanks, Editor, Dictionary of American Family Names,Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2003, Card #929.40973D554 2003 V.1, Dallas Public Library, Genealogical Section, page 318. William was born the year the first Oberammergau Passion Play was done, 1642. He lived until 1732, when he died and is presumed interred at Amesbury, Windham County, Connecticut. Source:http://www.oberammergau.de/ot_e/passionplay/ There is one character of fame in the Chapman line to whom it would be desirable to document relationship. However, tracking down the actual connection has eluded me. I feel in my heart that there should be no doubt that I am a family relative of one John Chapman. So, who is John Carpenter? He is the American pioneer and folkloric figure known as Johnny Appleseed! He was the nurseryman who strove to spread the planting of apple trees over a wide area of America. He was born September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts, which was then British America. It was just as the nation was about to be born! He planted apple trees in the states of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ontario (in what became in Canada), Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and in West Virginia. Johnny also was a missionary for what was called The New Church, a Christian Church with Swedenborgian orientation, using a mixture of Congregational and Epscopal polity to govern itself. More can be read about Johnny Appleseed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed John Chapman died at age 70 on March 18, 1845 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His parents were Nathaniel Chapman and Elizabeth Simonds. William Chapman and his wife, Elizabeth Smith, bore four children: William, Elizabeth, John and Ann. Page 1 of 105 Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 2:54:49 PM Descendants of William Chapman Generation 1 William Chapman and Elisabeth Smith had the following children: 2. i. WILLIAM2 CHAPMAN (son of William Chapman and Elisabeth Smith) was born on May 30, 1682 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachuetts. He died in Feb 1753 in Woodstock, Connecticut. He married ANNE CHAPMAN. She was born in 1690 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. He married ANN JENKS. She was born in 1691. She died in 1701. He married (4) ABIGAIL LYONS on Jul 18, 1718. She was born on Aug 01, 1705. ii. ELISABETH CHAPMAN (daughter of William Chapman and Elisabeth Smith) was born on Nov 29, 1684 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachuetts. iii. JOHN CHAPMAN (son of William Chapman and Elisabeth Smith) was born on Aug 16, 1687 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. iv. ANN CHAPMAN (daughter of William Chapman and Elisabeth Smith) was born on Feb 10, 1691 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachuetts. Generation 2 2. WILLIAM2 CHAPMAN (William1) was born on May 30, 1682 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachuetts. He died in Feb 1753 in Woodstock, Connecticut. He married ANNE CHAPMAN. She was born in 1690 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. He married ANN JENKS. She was born in 1691. She died in 1701. He married (4) ABIGAIL LYONS on Jul 18, 1718. She was born on Aug 01, 1705. Notes for William Chapman: Just the month before William was born, French explorer Robert LaSalle reached the Mississippi River on April 9, 1682. Source:http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/lasalle.html William Chapman had the following child: i. ELIZABETH CHAPMAN (daughter of William Chapman) was born in 1704 in , Burlington, NJ, USA. She died on Mar 06, 1774 in , Frederick, VA, USA. Notes for Anne Chapman: The first paper money in America was issued by the colony ofMassachusetts on February 3, 1690, the year of Anne's birth. Source:http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20060203.html?th&emc=th William Chapman and Anne Chapman had the following child: 3. ii. STEPHEN CHAPMAN (son of William Chapman and Anne Chapman) was born on Oct 28, 1711 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. He died in 1770. He married ZERVIAH SANGER. She was born on Dec 21, 1718 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. She died on Apr 15, 1812 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. Page 2 of 105 Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 2:54:49 PM Descendants of William Chapman Generation 2 William Chapman and Ann Jenks had the following child: iii. WILLIAM CHAPMAN (son of William Chapman and Ann Jenks). He died on Nov 13, 1792 in Woodstock, Windham, CT, USA. William Chapman and Abigail Lyons had the following child: iv. JONATHAN B CHAPMAN (son of William Chapman and Abigail Lyons) was born on Apr 22, 1722 in Woodstock, CT, USA. He died on Jan 07, 1802 in Ashford, Windham, CT, USA. Generation 3 3. STEPHEN3 CHAPMAN (William2, William1) was born on Oct 28, 1711 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. He died in 1770. He married ZERVIAH SANGER. She was born on Dec 21, 1718 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. She died on Apr 15, 1812 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut. Stephen Chapman and Zerviah Sanger had the following child: 4. i. WILLIAM D.4 CHAPMAN (son of Stephen Chapman and Zerviah Sanger) was born in Nov 1747 in South Carolina. He died on Mar 13, 1813 in Jones County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Cowan in 1785 in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. She was born in 1769. She died in 1846 in South Carolina. Generation 4 4. WILLIAM D.4 CHAPMAN (Stephen3, William2, William1) was born in Nov 1747 in South Carolina. He died on Mar 13, 1813 in Jones County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Cowan in 1785 in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. She was born in 1769. She died in 1846 in South Carolina. Notes for William D. Chapman: William D. Chapman married Elizabeth Cowan in Sullivan?s Island, SouthCarolina in 1785. She was born in South Carolina and died there in1846. William D. Chapman was paid as a private and as a sergeant inCaptain Uriah Goodwyn?s Company in the 3rd Regiment of South CarolinaContinental Troops, commanded by Col. William Thompson in the AmericanRevolutionary War. William D. Chapman's death is recorded in the Georgia Journal ofMillidgeville, Georgia, evidenced by a notice that in Jones County,Elizabeth Chapman, Administristratix of the William Chapman Estate,would be selling a residence on September 3, 1814. His actual date ofdeath is not known, but must have been between his ability to fatherWilliam Hilliard Judson Chapman, born April 17, 1808, and somereasonable time prior to the 1814 newspaper notice of Elizabeth beinghis estate's Administristratix. William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan had the following children: i. ROBERT M.5 CHAPMAN (son of William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan) was born in 1790. He married Carolina Glover on Oct 29, 1834 in Jones County, Georgia. ii. ELIZABETH CHAPMAN (daughter of William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan) was born in 1793 in Georgia. She married Daniels in Muscogee County, Georgia. Page 3 of 105 Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 2:54:49 PM Descendants of William Chapman Generation 4 Notes for Elizabeth Chapman: Elizabeth Chapman was born in 1793, the year that United StatesPresident George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U. S. Capitolon September 18, the construction start date. The cost was $412,000. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol http://www.tourofdc.org/tours/USCapitol/ 5. iii. ROBERT C. CHAPMAN (son of William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan) was born in 1795. He married BARTHIAH. iv. HARRIETT CHAPMAN (daughter of William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan) was born in 1796 in Georgia. She married JACKSON. 6. v. MARY ANN CHAPMAN (daughter of William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan) was born in 1797 in Georgia. She married Henry Cunyus (son of William Cunyus and Rachael) on Jul 21, 1828 in Houston County, Georgia. He was born on Oct 30, 1791 in South Carolina. He died on Jan 01, 1854 in Houston County, Georgia. vi. SALINA CHAPMAN (daughter of William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan) was born in 1802 in Georgia. She married Allen in Muscogee County, Georgia. Notes for Salina Chapman: Salina was born the year Congress authorized the establishment of theU.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York on March 16, 1802. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy vii. UNNAMED DAUGHTER CHAPMAN (daughter of William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan) was born in 1805. She died in 1805 in Died in Childbirth. 7. viii. WILLIAM HILLIARD JUDSON CHAPMAN (son of William D. Chapman and Elizabeth Cowan) was born on Apr 17, 1808 in Charleston, South Carolina. He died on Sep 10, 1884 in Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia. He married (1) TEMPERANCE HONOR JORDAN (daughter of Lewis Joseph Jordan) in 1830. She was born on Jan 09, 1812 in Charleston, South Carolina.