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Chapman |
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Several persons bearing the name of Chapman came early to New England, and we are not aware that any two of them were related. The name is quite common in England and also in the United States.
The word Chapman is Anglo-Saxon, "Ceapman". It is spelled "Kaufman" in German. It means, in old English, a cheapener, a market man, a merchant, a trader.
It is one of the oldest of English surnames and was adopted, according to local history, as early as the 12th Century. In 1854 it was estimated that there were at least 20 clergymen of the Established Church in England named Chapman.
Some 20 of the name Chapman came to New England before the year 1700. Most of those who in the 17th century came over to New England came from the north-east part of England, from Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, etc.
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