 1646 - 1711
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| Name |
Robert Chapman, Jr. |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
Sep 1646 |
Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
- Robert Chapman born the middle of Sept. Anno[16]46
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| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
Nov 1711 |
Old Burial Ground, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut [6] |
- Robert's tombstone stands in the old burial-ground in Hartford, in the rear of the Center church, about a rod north of the monument, on which are inscribed the names of the first settlers of Hartford; with this inscription. "Here lyeth the body of Robert Chapman, who departed this life November ye 10th, 1711, Aged 65 years."
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| Died |
10 Nov 1711 |
Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut [3, 7] |
| Notes |
- Robert CHAPMAN, Jr., the second son of the first settler, was extensively engaged in agriculture. He owned at the time of his death not less than 2,000 acres of land in Saybrook, East Haddam and Hebron, CT, as appears from the probate records at New London. The town records, as well as the records of the secretary of state, abundantly show that he was a man of extensive influence in civil affairs. He was for many years, clerk of Oyster River Quarter, and commissioner and surveyor for the town of Saybrook. A short time after his father's decease, he was elected representative to the state legislature, which office he filled at eighteen sessions from May 1692 to November 1711.
But his highest encomium is, that he "walked with God." Early in life he experienced a change of heart and connected himself with the church, under the ministry of the Rev. Thomas Buckingham. The estimation in which he was held by the church is evidenced by the fact they appointed him as their delegate to the assembly that formed the Saybrook Platform in 1708; a work which, for nearly a century and a half, has served to preserve the purity and order of the Congregational churches of Connecticut. To have been a member of that body is a higher honor than could have been conferred by any merely civil trust.
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| Person ID |
I21966 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
7 Sep 2003 |
| Father |
Robert Chapman, Capt., b. Abt 1616, England , d. 13 Oct 1687, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| Mother |
Ann Bliss, b. Abt 1623, probably, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England , d. 20 Nov 1685, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| Married |
29 Apr 1642 |
Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut [4, 8, 9, 10, 11] |
- "Robert Chapman was married at Seabrook to Ann Blith, 29 Aprill, 1642."
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| Family ID |
F1510 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 1 |
Sarah Griswold, b. 28 Mar 1653, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 07 Apr 1692, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| Married |
27 Jul 1671 |
Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut [1, 5, 6] |
- "Robert Chapman was married to Sarah Griswould of Norwitch the 27th of June 1671"
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| Children |
| | 1. Samuel Chapman, b. 12 Sep 1672, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 1759 |
| | 2. Robert Chapman, b. 19 Apr 1675, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 24 Dec 1760, East Haddam, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 3. Sarah Chapman, b. 12 Sep 1677, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 15 Oct 1677, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 4. Francis Chapman, b. 05 Aug 1678, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 1716 |
| | 5. Dorcas Chapman, b. 26 Aug 1680, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. Sep 1680, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 6. Stephen Chapman, b. 24 Nov 1681, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 14 Mar 1686, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 7. son Chapman, b. 06 Mar 1684, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 10 Mar 1684, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 8. Sarah Chapman, b. 19 Dec 1686, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 23 Jan 1686/87, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 9. son Chapman, b. 06 Nov 1689, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 09 Nov 1689, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
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| Family ID |
F1508 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 2 |
Mary Durant, b. Abt 1658, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England , d. Aft 29 Aug 1712 |
| Married |
29 Oct 1694 |
Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut [5, 6, 12] |
- "Robert Chapman Senior and Mary Sheather widow were married each to other the 29th of October 1694"
"Mr Robert Chapman was married to Mary Sheather of Kennellworth October the 29th 1694"
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| Children |
| | 1. Benjamin Chapman, b. 01 Mar 1695/96, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 2. Mehetabel Chapman, b. 15 May 1697, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 01 Mar 1697/98, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 3. Stephen Chapman, b. 05 Mar 1698/99, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut , d. 03 Feb 1707/8, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 4. Abigail Chapman, b. 20 Mar 1702, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
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| Family ID |
F1509 |
Group Sheet |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - Sep 1646 - Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
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| Married - 27 Jul 1671 - Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
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| Married - 29 Oct 1694 - Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
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 | Buried - Nov 1711 - Old Burial Ground, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut |
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 | Died - 10 Nov 1711 - Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut |
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| Pin Legend |
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| Sources |
- [S47] Ancetry of Emily Angell, Smith, Dean Crawford & Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1992), p.521.
- [S48] Chapman Family, Chapman, Rev. F. W., A. M., (Case, Tiffany and Company, Hartford, CT, 1854).
- [S177] Saunders, Chapman-Thomson, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D., (Author, Stuart, FL, 1983), p.65.
- [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 4:20.
- [S357] Saybrook Vital Records, (CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Hartford, CT).
- [S48] Chapman Family, Chapman, Rev. F. W., A. M., (Case, Tiffany and Company, Hartford, CT, 1854), p.69.
- [S169] CFA, Newsletter, 13:65.
- [S48] Chapman Family, Chapman, Rev. F. W., A. M., (Case, Tiffany and Company, Hartford, CT, 1854), p.37.
- [S95] Bliss, Gen. Bliss Family, Bliss, Aaron Tyler, (Author: Midland, Michigan, 1982), p.30.
- [S177] Saunders, Chapman-Thomson, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D., (Author, Stuart, FL, 1983), p.31.
- [S233] Saybrook Founders, Descendants, Staplins, Elaine F., Chairman, (The Founders Committee, Saybrook, CT, 1985), Robert Chapman.
- [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 4:21.
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