Person:Asa Chapman (2)

Watchers
  1. James ChapmanAbt 1763 - 1852
  2. John ChapmanAbt 1766 -
  3. Asa Chapman, Esq.1770 - 1825
  4. Nathaniel ChapmanAbt 1773 - 1860
  5. Mary Chapman1776 - 1849
  • HAsa Chapman, Esq.1770 - 1825
  • W.  Mary Perry (add)
m. 2 Sep 1798
Facts and Events
Name Asa Chapman, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Sep 1770 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 2 Sep 1798 Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Perry (add)
Residence? Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Death? 25 Sep 1825 New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Research notes

  • studied for college with Rev. Frederick W. Hotchkiss of Saybrook, CT.
  • 1792 - graduated from Yale College
  • after graduating from Yale, Chapman taught briefly at the academy of North Salem as well as in Norwalk, CT. He continued teaching while attending the Litchfield Law School.
  • 1794 - LLS
  • 1795 - admitted to the bar
  • established a law practice in Newtown, CT
  • had four children
  •  ???? - State Representative (CT)
  • 1818-1825 - Judge of the Superior Court of Errors (CT)
  • 1824 - Chapman moved his family to New Haven, CT and briefly opened a law school which he had to abandon for health reasons.
  • died of consumption at the age of fifty-six.