CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARGARET
Margaret Chapman
1695 – 1717
Mary Chapman
1695 –
Samuel Chapman
1698 –
Martha Chapman
1700 – 1752
Temperance Chapman
1701 –
Thomas Chapman
1702 – 1773
Jedediah Chapman
1703 – 1764
Elizabeth Mehitabel Chapman
1705 – 1776
Caleb Chapman
1708 – 1785
Lucy Chapman
1709 –
Aaron Chapman
1713 – 1739
Suggested edit: Ken,
It is often said online, with no evidence whatsoever, that Capt. Samuel Chapman (b. Saybrook 1672) died in Watertown, Mass., in 1717. This is highly dubious on its face: Why would a third-generation Saybrook, Connecticut, Chapman who had established himself there (in that part now Westbrook) migrate northeasterly 125 miles (against the current, as it were) to begin anew? The proof that he did not is an 1898 church-manual record dated 29 June 1726, indicating that Capt. Samuel Chapman and his wife, Margaret (Griswold), were among the fourteen original members of the Saybrook West Society (now Westbrook First Congregational) Church (see, for example, http://westcongchurch.org/church-history; _The Chapman Family_, 70, top left of Samuel's memorial). While Samuel's date of death is unknown, it was certainly after the aforementioned date—and almost as certainly in Saybrook.
Gene Z.
Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, FASG
Ojai, Calif.
Contributor: Gene Zubrinsky (47226970)
Samuel Chapman (139943166)
Suggested edit: Ken,
[Just now I mistakenly sent the message below with reference to Margaret (Griswold) Chapman, rather than to her husband, Capt. Samuel Chapman. Here it is again, associated with the correct person. Sorry.]
Following up on my previous message: There's abundant evidence that the Samuel Chapman who was commissioned captain of the Tolland, Connecticut, trainband in 1735 (and died in the Louisburgh Expedition to Canada in 1746/7) was a different man, born in Windsor, Conn., in 1695/6, son of Simon Chapman.
As per my previous message, Capt. Samuel3 Chapman (b. Saybrook 12 Sept. 1672) was living in Saybrook's west parish (now the town of Westbrook) when on 29 June 1726 he and his wife, Margaret (Griswold), were among the first fourteen members of the church there. It appears that he died, almost certainly in Saybrook, before 6 November 1738, when his son Aaron Chapman of Saybrook made his will (proved 20 March 1738/9), leaving his mother, "Mrs. Margret Chapman," an annuity ("four pounds pr annum untill She have received forty pounds of my Estate if She live So long as to receive it in Such annual payments abovesd") and naming his brother Jedediah executor; there is no mention of his father (Guilford District Probate, 3:342-43). Had Capt. Samuel been alive, it's unlikely that Aaron would have provided for his mother (alone, at least) and likely that he would have named his father executor.
Contributor: Gene Zubrinsky (47226970)
Margaret Chapman
1695 – 1717
Mary Chapman
1695 –
Samuel Chapman
1698 –
Martha Chapman
1700 – 1752
Temperance Chapman
1701 –
Thomas Chapman
1702 – 1773
Jedediah Chapman
1703 – 1764
Elizabeth Mehitabel Chapman
1705 – 1776
Caleb Chapman
1708 – 1785
Lucy Chapman
1709 –
Aaron Chapman
1713 – 1739
Suggested edit: Ken,
It is often said online, with no evidence whatsoever, that Capt. Samuel Chapman (b. Saybrook 1672) died in Watertown, Mass., in 1717. This is highly dubious on its face: Why would a third-generation Saybrook, Connecticut, Chapman who had established himself there (in that part now Westbrook) migrate northeasterly 125 miles (against the current, as it were) to begin anew? The proof that he did not is an 1898 church-manual record dated 29 June 1726, indicating that Capt. Samuel Chapman and his wife, Margaret (Griswold), were among the fourteen original members of the Saybrook West Society (now Westbrook First Congregational) Church (see, for example, http://westcongchurch.org/church-history; _The Chapman Family_, 70, top left of Samuel's memorial). While Samuel's date of death is unknown, it was certainly after the aforementioned date—and almost as certainly in Saybrook.
Gene Z.
Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, FASG
Ojai, Calif.
Contributor: Gene Zubrinsky (47226970)
Samuel Chapman (139943166)
Suggested edit: Ken,
[Just now I mistakenly sent the message below with reference to Margaret (Griswold) Chapman, rather than to her husband, Capt. Samuel Chapman. Here it is again, associated with the correct person. Sorry.]
Following up on my previous message: There's abundant evidence that the Samuel Chapman who was commissioned captain of the Tolland, Connecticut, trainband in 1735 (and died in the Louisburgh Expedition to Canada in 1746/7) was a different man, born in Windsor, Conn., in 1695/6, son of Simon Chapman.
As per my previous message, Capt. Samuel3 Chapman (b. Saybrook 12 Sept. 1672) was living in Saybrook's west parish (now the town of Westbrook) when on 29 June 1726 he and his wife, Margaret (Griswold), were among the first fourteen members of the church there. It appears that he died, almost certainly in Saybrook, before 6 November 1738, when his son Aaron Chapman of Saybrook made his will (proved 20 March 1738/9), leaving his mother, "Mrs. Margret Chapman," an annuity ("four pounds pr annum untill She have received forty pounds of my Estate if She live So long as to receive it in Such annual payments abovesd") and naming his brother Jedediah executor; there is no mention of his father (Guilford District Probate, 3:342-43). Had Capt. Samuel been alive, it's unlikely that Aaron would have provided for his mother (alone, at least) and likely that he would have named his father executor.
Contributor: Gene Zubrinsky (47226970)
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARGARET
Margaret Chapman
1695 – 1717
Mary Chapman
1695 –
Samuel Chapman
1698 –
Martha Chapman
1700 – 1752
Temperance Chapman
1701 –
Thomas Chapman
1702 – 1773
Jedediah Chapman
1703 – 1764
Elizabeth Mehitabel Chapman
1705 – 1776
Caleb Chapman
1708 – 1785
Lucy Chapman
1709 –
Aaron Chapman
1713 – 1739
Suggested edit: Ken,
It is often said online, with no evidence whatsoever, that Capt. Samuel Chapman (b. Saybrook 1672) died in Watertown, Mass., in 1717. This is highly dubious on its face: Why would a third-generation Saybrook, Connecticut, Chapman who had established himself there (in that part now Westbrook) migrate northeasterly 125 miles (against the current, as it were) to begin anew? The proof that he did not is an 1898 church-manual record dated 29 June 1726, indicating that Capt. Samuel Chapman and his wife, Margaret (Griswold), were among the fourteen original members of the Saybrook West Society (now Westbrook First Congregational) Church (see, for example, http://westcongchurch.org/church-history; _The Chapman Family_, 70, top left of Samuel's memorial). While Samuel's date of death is unknown, it was certainly after the aforementioned date—and almost as certainly in Saybrook.
Gene Z.
Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, FASG
Ojai, Calif.
Contributor: Gene Zubrinsky (47226970)
Samuel Chapman (139943166)
Suggested edit: Ken,
[Just now I mistakenly sent the message below with reference to Margaret (Griswold) Chapman, rather than to her husband, Capt. Samuel Chapman. Here it is again, associated with the correct person. Sorry.]
Following up on my previous message: There's abundant evidence that the Samuel Chapman who was commissioned captain of the Tolland, Connecticut, trainband in 1735 (and died in the Louisburgh Expedition to Canada in 1746/7) was a different man, born in Windsor, Conn., in 1695/6, son of Simon Chapman.
As per my previous message, Capt. Samuel3 Chapman (b. Saybrook 12 Sept. 1672) was living in Saybrook's west parish (now the town of Westbrook) when on 29 June 1726 he and his wife, Margaret (Griswold), were among the first fourteen members of the church there. It appears that he died, almost certainly in Saybrook, before 6 November 1738, when his son Aaron Chapman of Saybrook made his will (proved 20 March 1738/9), leaving his mother, "Mrs. Margret Chapman," an annuity ("four pounds pr annum untill She have received forty pounds of my Estate if She live So long as to receive it in Such annual payments abovesd") and naming his brother Jedediah executor; there is no mention of his father (Guilford District Probate, 3:342-43). Had Capt. Samuel been alive, it's unlikely that Aaron would have provided for his mother (alone, at least) and likely that he would have named his father executor.
Contributor: Gene Zubrinsky (47226970)
Margaret Chapman
1695 – 1717
Mary Chapman
1695 –
Samuel Chapman
1698 –
Martha Chapman
1700 – 1752
Temperance Chapman
1701 –
Thomas Chapman
1702 – 1773
Jedediah Chapman
1703 – 1764
Elizabeth Mehitabel Chapman
1705 – 1776
Caleb Chapman
1708 – 1785
Lucy Chapman
1709 –
Aaron Chapman
1713 – 1739
Suggested edit: Ken,
It is often said online, with no evidence whatsoever, that Capt. Samuel Chapman (b. Saybrook 1672) died in Watertown, Mass., in 1717. This is highly dubious on its face: Why would a third-generation Saybrook, Connecticut, Chapman who had established himself there (in that part now Westbrook) migrate northeasterly 125 miles (against the current, as it were) to begin anew? The proof that he did not is an 1898 church-manual record dated 29 June 1726, indicating that Capt. Samuel Chapman and his wife, Margaret (Griswold), were among the fourteen original members of the Saybrook West Society (now Westbrook First Congregational) Church (see, for example, http://westcongchurch.org/church-history; _The Chapman Family_, 70, top left of Samuel's memorial). While Samuel's date of death is unknown, it was certainly after the aforementioned date—and almost as certainly in Saybrook.
Gene Z.
Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, FASG
Ojai, Calif.
Contributor: Gene Zubrinsky (47226970)
Samuel Chapman (139943166)
Suggested edit: Ken,
[Just now I mistakenly sent the message below with reference to Margaret (Griswold) Chapman, rather than to her husband, Capt. Samuel Chapman. Here it is again, associated with the correct person. Sorry.]
Following up on my previous message: There's abundant evidence that the Samuel Chapman who was commissioned captain of the Tolland, Connecticut, trainband in 1735 (and died in the Louisburgh Expedition to Canada in 1746/7) was a different man, born in Windsor, Conn., in 1695/6, son of Simon Chapman.
As per my previous message, Capt. Samuel3 Chapman (b. Saybrook 12 Sept. 1672) was living in Saybrook's west parish (now the town of Westbrook) when on 29 June 1726 he and his wife, Margaret (Griswold), were among the first fourteen members of the church there. It appears that he died, almost certainly in Saybrook, before 6 November 1738, when his son Aaron Chapman of Saybrook made his will (proved 20 March 1738/9), leaving his mother, "Mrs. Margret Chapman," an annuity ("four pounds pr annum untill She have received forty pounds of my Estate if She live So long as to receive it in Such annual payments abovesd") and naming his brother Jedediah executor; there is no mention of his father (Guilford District Probate, 3:342-43). Had Capt. Samuel been alive, it's unlikely that Aaron would have provided for his mother (alone, at least) and likely that he would have named his father executor.
Contributor: Gene Zubrinsky (47226970)
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