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• Birth	1 Jul 1644	Saybrook, Middlesex, Conn   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Nov 1678	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Person ID	I101855	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Robert CHAPMAN, b. 1 Jan 1615/1616, Hull, Yorks, England
  Mother	Ann BLISS, b. 1620, Of, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England
  Family ID	F44001	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Elizabeth HAWLEY, b. 17 Dec 1651, Stratford, Fairfield Co, CT
  Married	7 Jun 1670	Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT   [2]
  Notes	CHAN19 Mar 2004
  Children	1. John CHAPMAN, b. 24 Apr 1671, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT > 2. Joseph CHAPMAN, b. 31 Jul 1673, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT   3. Elizabeth CHAPMAN, b. 10 Feb 1675, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT
  Family ID	F45821	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Elizabeth BEAMON, b. 2 Mar 1649, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT
  Married	26 Mar 1677	Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT   [2, 3]
  Notes	CHAN19 Mar 2004
  Children	1. Andrew CHAPMAN, b. 24 Apr 1678, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT > 2. Elizabeth CHAPMAN, b. 26 Sep 1679, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT   3. Thomas CHAPMAN, b. 23 Jan 1681, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT   4. Lydia CHAPMAN, b. 13 Feb 1682, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT > 5. Anne CHAPMAN, b. 5 Nov 1684, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT   6. Andrew CHAPMAN, b. 1 Oct 1686, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT > 7. Mehetabel CHAPMAN, b. 29 Sep 1688, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT > 8. Jabez CHAPMAN, b. 1690, East Haddam, Middlesex Co, CT   9. Samuel CHAPMAN, b. 1692, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT
  Family ID	F45812	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Name Prefix: Capt REFN: 10513 The title of Captain is given him in thetown and church records of E ast Haddam, and also in the records of the secretary of state. Joh n Chapman was a man of considerable note in the town of Saybrook an d East Haddam from the fact that he represented the former town in th e General Court at fourteen sessions and the latter at eight sessions . Atthe session of the General Court which convened May 10, 1694, t he following act was passed: " This Court grants liberty to Captai n John Chapman to set upa ferry over the Great River in Haddam for t he future;" hence the name Chapman's Ferry. The probate records of H artford and town records of East Haddamand of Herbron show that he o wned large tracts of land in each town. Mr. Chapman died, it is supp osed in the spring of 1712. Mrs. Chapman, the second, died October 30 , 1694. Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District), Charles W. Manwaring, Hartford, 1902, Vol 2, p 173-174 CHAPMAN, Capt. John, Haddam. An agreement made among the heirs of Cap t. John CHAPMAN, late of Haddam, decd.: Know all men by these present s: That we, Joseph CHAPMAN of Saybrook in the County of New London, a nd David CHAPMAN of Haddam inthe County of Hartford, and Samuel CHAP MAN of the aforesd. Haddam, the onlynatural sons now surviving of Ca pt. John CHAPMAN, late of Haddam, decd., andStephen CHALKER of Saybr ook, and Joseph SELDEN of Lyme in the County of sd. New London, and L emuel RICHARDSON of Stoningtown in the County of New London,sons-in- law of the the abovesd. Capt. John CHAPMAN, decd. (by affinity with h is three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Mehetabell CHAPMAN), and Lydi a CHAPMAN of Haddam, do hereby declare that for ourselves, our heir s and successors, mutually and firmly agree to the dist. of or dividi ng the whole sd. inheritance. Moreover, it is hereby agreed upon tha t Jabez CHAPMAN, with the approbation of the Honoured Court of Probat e, is chosen to administer on sd. estateand to pay all the just an d lawful debts due from the sd. estate out of his own part of the est ate, the rest of the heirs to be freed from all entanglements whatsoe ver. Signed: Joseph CHAPMAN, L.S. Jabez CHAPMAN, L.S. Samuel CHAPMAN, L.S. Stephen X CHALKER, L.S. Joseph SELDEN, L.S. Lemuel RICHARDSON, L.S. Lydia CHAPMAN, L.S. Witnesses: William SPENCER and Alexander SPENCER Court Record, Page 68 -- 8 April, 1712: An agreement of the childre n of Capt. John CHAPMAN, late of Haddam, decd., for a division of th e estate, ws now exhibited in Court by Joseph CHAPMAN, Jabez and Samu el CHAPMAN, sons of the deceased, and Stephen CHALKER and Lemuel RICH ARDSON, sons-in-law. These appeared inCourt and acknowledged this t o be their free act and deed.

• Sources

  [S2225] Dr. Leon D. Chapman. 16924 W. Links Dr., Surprise, AZ, USA, 85387, chapy@cox.net. These genealogy records are copyright protected. Please contact the author for use of these records. [S2226] The Chapman Family: Descendants of Robert Chapman, One of 1st Settlers of Say-Brook, CT., Rev. F. W. Chapman, (25 Aug 2001), Pg 38. [S2236] Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT Marriages - Bride, (20 Jun 2002).