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Magaret V. PORT
 1884 - 1968

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Generation: 1
  1. Magaret V. PORT b. 7 Sep 1884, Minnesota; d. 29 Apr 1968, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 1 May 1968, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.

    Magaret m. Elton Sylvester ROBBINS Elton b. 19 May 1882, Minnesota; d. 7 Oct 1957, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 9 Oct 1957, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Henry [Hank] ROBBINS
    2. Leo ROBBINS
    3. John ROBBINS b. 1904; d. 1978; bur. 1978.
    4. Gladys ROBBINS b. 13 Nov 1919; d. 8 Jan 1983; bur. 1983.

Generation: 2
  1. John H. PORT b. 4 Jul 1849, Germany; d. 12 Aug 1928, Sago Township, Itasca County, Minnesota; bur. 1928, Minnesota.

  2. John m. Sarah Arina SPICER 24 Feb 1870. Sarah (daughter of Asa Holmes SPICER and Nancy M. CHAPMAN) b. 30 Jun 1854, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan; d. 26 Aug 1939, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 1939, Minnesota. [Group Sheet]

  3. Sarah Arina SPICER b. 30 Jun 1854, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan; d. 26 Aug 1939, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 1939, Minnesota.

    Children:
    1. Annie Eliza PORT
    2. Frances PORT
    3. William PORT
    4. Henry PORT
    5. Asa Henry PORT
    6. Edwin PORT
    7. Lila PORT
    8. Elizabeth\Lizzie PORT
    9. John PORT, II
    10. Dorothy PORT
    11. Clarissa PORT
    12. Mary Ellen PORT
    13. Ernest W. PORT b. 20 Sep 1881, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; d. 12 Sep 1967, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. Sep 1967, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
    14. 1. Magaret V. PORT b. 7 Sep 1884, Minnesota; d. 29 Apr 1968, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 1 May 1968, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
    15. Adolph Edward PORT b. 5 Jun 1889, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; d. 3 Feb 1945, Village of Swan River, Sago Township, Itasca County, Minnesota; bur. 7 Feb 1945, Village of Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota.

Generation: 3
  1. Asa Holmes SPICER b. 18 Mar 1825, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 3 Mar 1897, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. Mar 1897, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.

    Notes:
    Marquis De Lafayette Smith b September 7, 1824 (son of Jesse and Mary Casselman Smith) traveled with Asa Holmes Spicer and family to Cortland, Kent Co., Mich. where they started a business in Shingle making. Lafayette stayed in Michigan. Asa left and went to Minnesota. The shingle making business didn’t work out.

    1860 Courtland Kent County, Michigan Census p604 Courtland #504/448.

    Marquis L Smith 35 M Shingle Maker N.Y

    Catherine 33 F N.Y

    Mary A. 13 F N.Y.

    William H. 5 M OHIO

    Jessee E 3 M MICH

    Maella L 10/12 F MICH



    Asa H Spicer 28 M Shingle Maker N.Y

    Nancy 27 F N.Y

    Clarissa J 9 F Michigan

    William 7 M N.Y.

    Sarah A 5 F N.Y

    Jessee 3 M Michigan

    Asa 7/12 M Michigan


    -Source; Kathie Lipscomb-

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    Asa's son William Harrison Spicer believed that his step mother Hulda Page Robbins poisoned Asa. It is apparent Hulda did not get along well with her step-children as they were sent to live on their own shortly after she and Asa married. What is interesting is despite the seemingly bad blood between Hulda and Asa's children their descendants got along just fine as seen by the many marriages between Spicer and Robbins descendants. Hulda's grandson Elton Sylvester Robbins had a daughter Gladys, and 3 sons John, Henry [Hank] & Leo. Hulda's grandson John Robbins married Wilma Spicer [whom I believe was the daughter of Joel Isaac Spicer & Zella Enid Spicer. Zella Spicer was the daughter of William Harrison Spicer [the one who accused Hulda of poisoning Asa.] Henry [Hank] Robbins married Edna Spicer and Leo Robbins married Aileen Spicer. Edna and Aileen were the daughters of John Jesse (Jack ) Spicer & Cecilia Demarre. John Jesse Spicer was the son of Asa Holmes Spicer III & Lillian Sheldon. Asa Holmes Spicer III was the son of Asa Holmes II Spicer and Nancy Chapman and he was the step son of Hulda Page Robbins Spicer.

    Asa and Hulda were married 31 years. I don't know if the story of Hulda poisoning Asa is true or why, after so many years of marriage, William believed his father met his death at the hands of his wife Hulda. Perhaps William so resented his step-mother for putting he and his siblings out that he blamed her for Asa's death.

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    "hi, how have you been? its been a while since I wrote to you. I put the family tree away for a while but I'm back at it now. I found a story in the Mazeppa Tribune telling about a story in the Pine Island Record newspaper, about a Mrs. Spicer trying to poison her husband mar 6 1897 its actually an apology to Mrs. Spicer placed in the tribune by the authors of the story. it says we have learned that the statement regarding Mrs. Spicer was untrue and we were grossly misinformed by what we thought was a reliable source...."

    Excerpt from an e-mail sent to me by John Sander on December 27, 2003

    Information on the various Spicer Robbins marriages was supplied by John Sander, 3rd great grandson of both Asa Spicer and Hulda Robbins.
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    Message Board URL:

    http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lhIBAEB/654.3
    Message Board Post:
    I am also a relative of Royal Jesse Chapman. His daughter Abigail Jane was a sister to Nancy, who married Asa Spicer.
    As far as I know, there has never been any connection between R.J. Chapman with any other known Chapman's in New York.
    As I was doing some census research, 1850, in West Sparta, Livingston Co., NY I discovered that the Jacob Chapman family is enumerated next to the Asa Spicer (Sr.) family. Has anyone tried to tie these two Chapman's together?

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    Spicer Homepage: http://nlt.rootsweb.com/

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    Asa and Nancy married in 1849 during New York’s Graft War and migrated to Minnesota shortly after the Civil War Draft Riots. The years from 1840 through 1866 was a bloody and violent period in New York brought on by "the Panic of 1837." The panic started on May 10, 1837 in New York City with the failure of banks and record unemployment levels.

    By 1840, with the influx of immigrants organized crime steadily grew in New York. It infiltrated and dominated all aspects of New York’s life, from the criminal justice system, to those involved in politics, and the social elite down to the working class. Most businesses and political forums had an undercurrent of criminality and corruption. Politicians often used money from gambling operations to get elected, and organized crime figures worked closely with labor racketeers. The Irish played the dominant role in organized crime in New York, Chicago and other cities. Those involved in organized crime controlled the city. Graft by city leaders was prevalent throughout New York. They defrauded the city through padded and fictitious charges and also profited extravagantly from tax favors. The negative effects of organized crime on New York continued for many decades.

    In March 1863 the National Conscription Act was passed. The act made all single men aged twenty to forty-five and married men up to thirty-five subject to a draft lottery. One of the major reasons for the draft riot was the act allowed drafted men to avoid conscription (I.e. the draft) by supplying someone to take their place or by paying the government a $300.00 exemption fee. Needless to say, only the wealthy could afford to buy their way out of the draft. On Saturday, July 11, 1863 The National Conscription Act, which was to initially be enforced in New York City, exacerbated long-simmering class tensions in the city. On the evening of Sunday, July 12th, working men and women met in the city's streets and saloons and read the names drawn during the previous day's draft lottery. Not surprising the names the appeared on the draft list consisted almost entirely of the working class and poor.

    On Monday morning, workers from the city's railroads, machine shops, shipyards, and iron foundries gathered together to protest the unfairness of the draft. The large crowd then began moving uptown, gathering workers from workshops and factories along the way. Their goal was to march to the
    Provost Marshall's Office at Third Avenue and Forty Sixth Street, where more names of those who were to be drafted would be drawn that day. Carrying "No Draft" signs, they cut telegraph wires and gathered weapons along the way.

    Over the course of the next three days bloody street battles raged across New York City's rich and poor neighborhoods. One aspect of this riot that is often not told is that the rioters, most Irish and German immigrants, focused some of their rage on the city's black citizens who’s own struggles for work came up against the influx of immigrants The African Americans were not the only victims, the rioters also attacked any person or any business that represented wealth, prosperity, or propensity to be a Republican (whom the rioters held responsible for the segregations of the working class and the wealthy.)

    Before peace was finally restored with the arrival of federal troops (many directly from the battlefield at Gettysburg) on Thursday, July 16, New York City's draft riot would become the nation's single most violent civil disorder, with more lives lost than in any other instance of urban domestic violence in American history.

  2. Asa m. Nancy M. CHAPMAN 23 Dec 1849, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York. Nancy (daughter of Royal Jesse CHAPMAN and Eliza E.) b. 3 Jun 1832, Nunda, Livingston County, New York; d. 12 Feb 1866, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. Feb 1866, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet]

  3. Nancy M. CHAPMAN b. 3 Jun 1832, Nunda, Livingston County, New York; d. 12 Feb 1866, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. Feb 1866, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.

    Notes:
    Family ties really do bind us together!

    Nancy is a descendant of our Davis line through her 8th great grandfather Thomas Davis who is a brother of James Davis who is Arina Davis Spicer's 8th gr grandfather. Both Thomas and James Davis are our 12th great grandfathers. Nancy Chapman Spicer is also Arina Davis Spicer's mother-in-law.

    Our Peter Spicer is also Nancy's ancestor, he is her 5th gr grandfather through Peter's son Edward. Peter is also Nancy's husband Asa Holmes Spicer 3rd gr grandfather. Nancy's line comes through Edward and Katherine (Stone) Spicer, Asa's line comes through Edward's brother Jabez and his wife Margaret (Parke) Spicer, making Peter our 10th gr grandfather through Edward and our 8th through Jabez.

    Interestingly, Peter Spicer's sister-in-law, Abigail Busecot, is also 10th great grandmother! Her daughter Katherine Stone is Edward Spicer's wife, and of course they are Nancy's ancestors. Abigail's sister Mary Busecot is Peter's wife and is Asa Holmes Spicer's ancetors. Abigail and Mary's father Peter Busecot is our 9th and 11th gr grandfather,

    Other Chapman - Spicer family connections are listed in Royal Jesse Chapman's notes

    Children:
    1. Clarissa Jane SPICER b. 18 Aug 1850, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan; d. 13 Mar 1945, Newport, Rock County, Nebraska; bur. Mar 1945, Atkinson, Holt County, Nebraska.
    2. William Harrison SPICER, II b. 8 Jul 1852, York State (Livingston County, New York, probably West Sparta); d. 20 Mar 1931, Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; bur. 23 Mar 1931, Finlayson, Pine County, Minnesota.
    3. 3. Sarah Arina SPICER b. 30 Jun 1854, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan; d. 26 Aug 1939, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. 1939, Minnesota.
    4. Alfred SPICER b. 1855, Plainfield, Kent County, Michigan.
    5. Jesse Archie SPICER b. 7 Aug 1857, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 13 Jun 1927, Canistota, McCook County, South Dakota; bur. Jun 1927, South Dakota.
    6. Asa Holmes SPICER, III b. 3 Aug 1859, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 13 Feb 1902, Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota; bur. Feb 1902, Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota.
    7. Jane M. SPICER b. 3 Jun 1861, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
    8. John Henry SPICER b. 14 Feb 1862, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 26 Jan 1914, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. 28 Jan 1914, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.
    9. Nancy Elisabeth (Libby) SPICER b. 16 Jul 1864, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; d. 25 Mar 1894, Minnesota; bur. Mar 1894, Minnesota.

Generation: 4
  1. Asa E. SPICER b. 26 May 1785, Springport, Cayuga County, New York; d. 24 Jan 1871, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Jan 1871, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.

  2. Asa m. Elisabeth (Betsy) TOBIAS 1810, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. Elisabeth b. 6 Aug 1791, Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut; d. 29 Apr 1861, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; bur. May 1861, New York. [Group Sheet]

  3. Elisabeth (Betsy) TOBIAS b. 6 Aug 1791, Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut; d. 29 Apr 1861, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; bur. May 1861, New York.

    Children:
    1. Tobias SPICER b. 1 Nov 1813, Springport, Livingston County, New York; d. 1834, Near Williamstown, New York; bur. 1834, New York.
    2. Henry SPICER b. 1 Apr 1816, Springport, Livingston County, New York; d. Williamstown, Ingham County, Michigan; bur. Michigan.
    3. John SPICER b. 4 Dec 1817, Springport, Livingston County, New York.
    4. Polly SPICER b. 2 Jan 1820, Springport, Livingston County, New York; d. 1 Sep 1859, New York; bur. Sep 1859, New York.
    5. Angeline SPICER b. 21 Nov 1821, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 1 Sep 1901, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Sep 1901, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
    6. 6. Asa Holmes SPICER b. 18 Mar 1825, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 3 Mar 1897, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. Mar 1897, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.
    7. Elizabeth SPICER b. 3 May 1826, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
    8. Nathan Henry SPICER b. 12 Aug 1828, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. Feb 1867, Cortland, Kent County, Michigan; bur. 1867, Michigan.
    9. Langlin SPICER b. 5 Apr 1830, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York; d. 12 Sep 1897, Pardeeville, Columbia County, Wisconsin; bur. Sep 1897, Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
    10. Clara SPICER b. 30 Sep 1834, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
    11. William Harrison SPICER, I b. 10 May 1836, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
    12. Calista SPICER b. Springport, Livingston County, New York; d. Springport, Livingston County, New York; bur. New York.
    13. Catherine SPICER b. West Sparta, Livingston County, New York.
  4. Royal Jesse CHAPMAN b. 1802, New London County, Connecticut; d. 21 Jan 1890, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. 1890, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.

    Notes:
    In their book "History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer, A Landholder in New London County, Connecticut, as early as 1666, and others of the name" by Susan Spicer Meech & Susan Billings Meech, 1911 they indicate our Royal Jesse Chapman descends from William Chapman & Elizabeth Palmer both of New London, New London County, Connecticut. Their line goes as follows;

    William Chapman, b. Abt. 1626 England (?), d. December 18, 1699 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    Elizabeth Palmer, b. Abt. 1641 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    William Chapman, b.1665 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. August 24, 1734 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    Hannah Lester, b. March 11, 1670 New London, New London County, Connecticut,
    d. Abt. 1701 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    William Chapman, b. March 21, 1691 New London, New London County, Connecticut, d. July 10, 1760 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    Mercy Stoddard, 1696 New London County, Connecticut, d. September 27, 1777 Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    David Chapman, b. April 03, 1719 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    Patience Rouse,
    Levi Chapman, b. October 21, 1749 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. June 21, 1828 Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    John Chapman, April 10, 1775 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. August 07, 1844 New London County, Connecticut
    Bethena (Barthena) Button, b. April 01, 1776 Preston, New London, Connecticut, d. April 26, 1855 New London County, Connecticut
    Royal Jesse Chapman b. 1802 New London County, Connecticut

    Susan Spicer Meech also indicated in her book that our early Chapman’s were aligned with our Spicer, Geer and Palmer ancestors (William Chapman was married to Elizabeth Palmer).

    Here is John Chapman’s wife Bethena (Bathena) Button’s Spicer line beginning with her parents;

    Mary Spicer b. Abt. 1757 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. January 14, 1778 New London County, Connecticut
    Roswell Button b. 1746 New London County, Connecticut, d. June 12, 1820 Preston, New London County, Connecticut
    Edward Spicer b. April 04, 1722 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. January 08, 1797 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    Hannah Bill b. September 30, 1725 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. 1761 Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    John Spicer b. January 01, 1698 New London , New London County, Connecticut, d. August 28, 1753 New London , New London County, Connecticut
    Mary Geer b. May 14, 1701 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. Abt. 1744 New London , New London County, Connecticut
    Edward Spicer b. 1674 New London County, Connecticut, d. 1732 New London , New London County, Connecticut
    Catharine (Katherine) Stone b. August 22, 1674 Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island. Catharine’s mother Abigail Busecot Stone was the sister of Mary Busecot Spicer who is our 6th gr grandmother. Mary was married to Peter Spicer)
    Peter Spicer b. 1644 Virginia 'Cittie', near Jamestown Virginia, d. September 16, 1694 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    Mary M. Busecot b. 1648 Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, d. September 13, 1714 New London, New London County, Connecticut

    The following is the Chapman - Geer connection;
    Nancy M. Chapman 3, b. June 03, 1832 Nunda, Livingston County, New York, d. February 12, 1866 Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota
    Asa Holmes Spicer 3, March 18, 1825 West Sparta, Livingston County, New York, d. March 03, 1897
    Royal Jesse Chapman 4, b. 1802 New York (or New London County, Connecticut), d. January 21, 1890 Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota
    Eliza E. b. Bet. 1800 - 1810 New York (or New London County, Connecticut), d. Abt. 1858 New York or Michigan
    Bethena (Bathena) Button 5, b. April 01, 1776 Preston, New London County, Connecticut, d. April 26, 1855 New London County, Connecticut
    John Chapman 5, b. April 10, 1775 Groton New London County, Connecticut, d. August 07, 1844 New London County, Connecticut
    Mary Spicer 6, b. 1757 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. January 14, 1777 New London County, Connecticut
    Roswell Button 6, b. 1746 New London County, Connecticut, d. June 12, 1820 Preston, New London County, Connecticut
    Edward Spicer 7, b. April 04, 1722 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. January 08, 1797 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    Hannah Bill 7, b. September 30, 1725 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. 1761 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    Mary Geer 8, b. May 14, 1701 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. Abt. 1744 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    John Spicer 8, b. January 01, 1698 New London, New London County, Connecticut, d. August 28, 1753 New London, New London County, Connecticut (John Spicer 8 > Edward Spicer 9 > Peter Spicer. (Edward Spicer 9 m. Katherine Stone 9> Abigail Busecot 10; Abigail was Mary Busecot Spicer’s sister , wife of Peter Spicer)
    Robert Geer , b. January 02, 1675 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. November 20, 1742 North Groton, New London County, Connecticut. (Robert’s sister Sarah Geer Parke is also my 8th gr grandmother.)
    Martha Tyler 9, b. April 09, 1676 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, d. September 18, 1741 Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    George Geer III (our 9th gr grandfather) b. January 14, 1621 Heavitree, Devonshire, England, d. May 26, 1726 Preston, New London County, Connecticut
    Sarah Allyn b. March 22, 1642 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, d. January 18, 1724 Preston, New London County, Connecticut

    Additionally, this line of Chapman’s are aligned with my Lester and Miner ancestors. The following is the Lester - Chapman connection;
    Hannah Lester b. March 11, 1670 New London, New London County, Connecticut, d. 1701 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    William Chapman b. 1665 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, d. August 24, 1734 New London, New London County, Connecticut
    Daniel Lester I b. April 16, 1642 Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, d. January 16, 1716 New London County, Connecticut (Daniel is the brother of our 8th gr grandfather Andrew Lester II)
    Hannah Fox b. Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, d. February 22, 1712 New London, Connecticut
    Andrew [Leister] Lester I (our 9th gr grandfather) b. Abt. 1618 England, d. June 07, 1669 Groton, New London County, Connecticut
    Barbara Bradley b. Abt. 1620 England, d. February 02, 1652 Groton, New London, Connecticut

    William and Elizabeth Palmer Chapman’s lineage also aligns with our Miner ancestors. Their great grandson Samuel Chapman married Hannah Fox. Hannah Fox is the 3rd great granddaughter of our 10th great grandfather Thomas Miner. Thomas Miner was married to Grace Palmer. Some believe Grace’s sister Elizabeth is the Elizabeth Palmer that was married to William Chapman, however, I am certain they were not sisters. Elizabeth Palmer Chapman was born around 1641, while Grace’s sister Elizabeth Palmer was born in 1619 and was married to a man named Thomas Chapman. This was Elizabeth’s second marriage and it occurred when Elizabeth was approximately 57 years old. Although Elizabeth Palmer Chapman and Grace Palmer Miner were not sisters I have no doubts that their lineages are somehow connected too.

    As I continue to go through my records it is clear that many of our great grandparents have descendants (sometimes several) that eventually married back into the family. It is not uncommon to find that our 9th great grandfather is also our 10th great grandfather or even our 9th and 10th great grandfather 2, 3 or more times each.

    In my mind, all of these Chapman connections to various Connecticut ancestors of mine appear to make the case stronger that Royal Jesse Chapman ancestors are William and Elizabeth Palmer Chapman.
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    Royal Jesse Chapman appears as Jesse Chapman in the census of 1830 for Middlebury, Genesee County, New York. Middlebury is about 31 miles from Nunda, Livingston County, New York where his daughter Nancy was born. In this census he is shown to have a wife born between 1800 & 1810, and one daughter under the age of 5, probably Louise Elizabeth Chapman who would have been a year old.

    Jesse Chapman again appears in the census of 1840 for Cayuga County in the township of Ledyard. In the Civil War pension papers of Anna Youngs Sibley, Royal Jesse Chapman swears that he lived in Moravia (about 14 miles from Ledyard) in 1843, where he hosted the marriage of Anna Youngs to Charles Sibley.

    The census from 1840 for Cayuga County shows Royal's wife (Eliza), 3 daughters (Louisa, Nancy and Abigail) BUT also shows 3 sons all under the age of 10.
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    1. Regarding his 3rd marriage; WABASHA COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1858-1860 FOUND IN MINNESOTA GENEALOGICAL JOURNAL: 14, PAGE 1392. September,1995.
    CHAPMAN, R.J. of Mazeppa Mar.: 23 July 1858 at house of widow of Joseph C. SIBLEY rec. 26 July 1858. SIBLEY, Pheby of Mazeppa Offic.: Gulieumus Maxwell, JP wit.: G. Maxwell; Daniel Stowell

    2. MAZEPPA TRIBUNE, JANUARY 29, 1890
    Last Tuesday J. R. Chapman, one of the old settlers of this part of the county, quietly passed away aged 86 years. The funeral took place at the Congregational church, Thursday. The Tribune extends its sympathy to the mourning friends.

    3. This item often appears on family sites as information about Royal Jesse. However, Royal was dead at the time of this incident, this article actually refers to Jesse's son Robert Jesse and his wife Julia A. Dixon Chapman.
    PINE ISLAND RECORD
    Friday, June 28, 1895
    In Justice Hagler's Court Monday R.J. Chapman was arraigned on complaint of his wife Julia A. Chapman, for threatening to do personal injury. County Attorney McClure appeared for the plaintiff and Chapman was required to give $500 bond, good for six months. Constable Tome gave Chapman time to go in the country after a bondsman and has not yet returned. Parties needing mason work done are anxious in vain for his return.

    4. Census research, 1850 West Sparta, Livingston County, New York has the Jacob Chapman family enumerated next to the Asa Spicer family.
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    Peabody, of No. Stonington; b. Feb. 21, 1800; d., Bolton, Aug. 20, 1878. Interments in Quarryville Cemetery. Mr. Maine was a farmer by occupation. In politics he was a strong Abolitionist, taking an active part as a campaign speaker in his State. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 at the Defense of Stonington, going as a substitute for Jesse Chapman, of No. Stonington. Res., Bolton, from about 1830.

  5. Royal m. Eliza E. 1828, New York. Eliza b. Between 1800 and 1810, New York (or New London County, Connecticut); d. 1841, New York (probably); bur. 1841, New York (probably). [Group Sheet]

  6. Eliza E. b. Between 1800 and 1810, New York (or New London County, Connecticut); d. 1841, New York (probably); bur. 1841, New York (probably).

    Notes:
    Little info is available on Eliza.
    She is not listed in the October 09, 1857 US Census, Mazeppa Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota with her husband Jesse so it is assumed she died prior to the date. It is uncertain whether she died in New York, Michigan or Minnesota.

    Greenwood Cemetery, NY

    ELIZABETH S. CHAPMAN
    Date of Interment; 3/4/1843
    Lot 26005
    Section 202

    Children:
    1. Louise Elizabeth CHAPMAN b. 6 Jun 1829, Steuben County, New York; d. 10 Apr 1916, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; bur. Apr 1916, Osakis, Douglas County, Minnesota.
    2. 7. Nancy M. CHAPMAN b. 3 Jun 1832, Nunda, Livingston County, New York; d. 12 Feb 1866, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota; bur. Feb 1866, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, Minnesota.
    3. Abigail Jane CHAPMAN b. 14 Feb 1835, New York; d. 16 Jun 1906, Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota; bur. 1906, Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota.

  
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