Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameCaptain Robert Chapman
Birth1 Jan 1616, Hull, Yorkshire, England
Death13 Oct 1687, Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
FatherRobert Chapman I (1590-1633)
MotherAlice Robinson (1592-1673)
Spouses
Birth29 Aug 1617, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England
Death20 Nov 1685, Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut
FatherThomas Bliss (~1588-1651)
MotherMargaret Hulings (~1595-)
Marriage29 Apr 1642, Saybrook, Connecticut
ChildrenAnn Spencer (1651-1717)
Notes for Captain Robert Chapman
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Robert Chapman in The Chapman Family Genealogy is said to have comefrom Hull in England, aged about 18, and he arrived in Boston in 1635. From there he sailed with Lyon Gardiner on Nov. 3 for Say-Brook, Conn.,as on of a company of men sent to settle land, and build a fort, near the mouth of the Conn. River, under patent of Lords Say & Sele, and Brook.Afterwards, three sisters came over too. He later owned large areas of land, and he was elected from Say-Brook 52 times to be a member of the State Legislature. Upon his death he left each of three sons 1500 acres of land in Hebron. He also owned land in East Haddam as well as Say-Brook.
From these records it appears that the first Chapman found in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, was a Robert in 1405. Through the years the family remained there, and in nearby villages. They were commonly small businessmen, such as salters,"berebrewers", drapers, glovers, and merchants. One Robert Chapman, glover of nearby Beverly, had his will probated July 12, 1581. A second Robert Chapman of Kingston-on-Hull, Herthill, had his will second Robert Chapman in Jan. 1589/90 had first married Elizabeth Williamson in Holy Trinity Church, Kingstowne upon Hull.
Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, CT, in 1635-36, or in the succeeding spring, according to family tradition was born in 1616, and came from Hull, England, to Boston in 1635. He was for many years commissioner for Saybrook, CT. and was elected as their deputy to the General Court forty-three times, and assistant nine times. He settled on a tract of land some two miles west of Saybrook. He was a man of exemplary piety. His parents were Pruitans. He married, in 1642, Ann Bliss. He died in 1687, and his wife in 1685. Their children were: John, Robert, Hannah, Nathaniel, Mary and Sarah
Served in the Pequot War under Lieutenant Lion Gardiner, and King Philip's War.
Appointed Captain by the General Court at Hartford, October 14.1675. Deputy to the General Court from SayBrook forty-three times, and assistant nine times, serving continuously from 1654 to 1684, Colony of Connecticut.
Annual register of officers and members of the Society of colonial wars; constitution of the General society
https://archive.org/details/registerofficers00generich
He married, in 1642 , Ann Bliss at Seabrook[?] Their known children were:
John Chapman, born the beginning of July 1644 *
Anna, born about the 12th Sept. 1648, deceased the above at same time the year following *
Robert Chapman, born the middle of Sept. 1646 *
Hannah Chapman, born the 4th of October 1650 *
Nathaniel Chapman, or 16 of February 1653 *
Mary Chapman, born the 15 of April 1655 *
Sarah Chapman. born the 25 of Sept 1657 *
SAYBROOK, CT.- Vital Records VITAL RECORDS CONNECTICUT SERIES 1--TOWNS VOLUME NINE SEVENTH TOWN VITAL RECORDS of SAYBROOK 1647-1834 HARTFORD THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY and THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA 1952 Copyright 1948 The Connecticut Historical Society and The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Hartford, Connecticut Right to reproduce this book or any part thereof is granted if due credit is given to The Connecticut Historical Society and The Connecticut Society of The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America.[4]
Robert Chapman in The Chapman Family Genealogy is said to have comefrom Hull in England, aged about 18, and he arrived in Boston in 1635. From there he sailed with Lyon Gardiner on Nov. 3 for Say-Brook, Conn.,as on of a company of men sent to settle land, and build a fort, near the mouth of the Conn. River, under patent of Lords Say & Sele, and Brook.Afterwards, three sisters came over too. He later owned large areas of land, and he was elected from Say-Brook 52 times to be a member of the State Legislature. Upon his death he left each of three sons 1500 acres of land in Hebron. He also owned land in East Haddam as well as Say-Brook.
From these records it appears that the first Chapman found in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, was a Robert in 1405. Through the years the family remained there, and in nearby villages. They were commonly small businessmen, such as salters,"berebrewers", drapers, glovers, and merchants. One Robert Chapman, glover of nearby Beverly, had his will probated July 12, 1581. A second Robert Chapman of Kingston-on-Hull, Herthill, had his will second Robert Chapman in Jan. 1589/90 had first married Elizabeth Williamson in Holy Trinity Church, Kingstowne upon Hull.
Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, CT, in 1635-36, or in the succeeding spring, according to family tradition was born in 1616, and came from Hull, England, to Boston in 1635. He was for many years commissioner for Saybrook, CT. and was elected as their deputy to the General Court forty-three times, and assistant nine times. He settled on a tract of land some two miles west of Saybrook. He was a man of exemplary piety. His parents were Pruitans. He married, in 1642, Ann Bliss. He died in 1687, and his wife in 1685. Their children were: John, Robert, Hannah, Nathaniel, Mary and Sarah
Served in the Pequot War under Lieutenant Lion Gardiner, and King Philip's War.
Appointed Captain by the General Court at Hartford, October 14.1675. Deputy to the General Court from SayBrook forty-three times, and assistant nine times, serving continuously from 1654 to 1684, Colony of Connecticut.
Annual register of officers and members of the Society of colonial wars; constitution of the General society
https://archive.org/details/registerofficers00generich
He married, in 1642 , Ann Bliss at Seabrook[?] Their known children were:
John Chapman, born the beginning of July 1644 *
Anna, born about the 12th Sept. 1648, deceased the above at same time the year following *
Robert Chapman, born the middle of Sept. 1646 *
Hannah Chapman, born the 4th of October 1650 *
Nathaniel Chapman, or 16 of February 1653 *
Mary Chapman, born the 15 of April 1655 *
Sarah Chapman. born the 25 of Sept 1657 *
SAYBROOK, CT.- Vital Records VITAL RECORDS CONNECTICUT SERIES 1--TOWNS VOLUME NINE SEVENTH TOWN VITAL RECORDS of SAYBROOK 1647-1834 HARTFORD THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY and THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA 1952 Copyright 1948 The Connecticut Historical Society and The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Hartford, Connecticut Right to reproduce this book or any part thereof is granted if due credit is given to The Connecticut Historical Society and The Connecticut Society of The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America.[4]