Person:Jedediah Chapman (5)

Name	Maj. Jedediah Chapman
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	9 Oct 1703	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	6 Jun 1723	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Hester Kirtland
Death^[1]^[2]	10 Feb 1764	Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[2]		Old Burying Ground, Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 535, in Chapman, Rev. Frederick William, and Dorothy Jenks Robinson. The Chapman Family, or, The Descendants of Robert Chapman, One of the First Settlers of Say-Brook, Conn: With Genealogical Notes of William Chapman, Who Settled in New London, Conn.; Edward Chapman, Who Settled in Windsor, Conn.; John Chapman of Stonington, Conn.; and Rev. Benjamin Chapman of Southington, Conn. (Hartford, Conn.: The Author; printed by the Case, Tiffany and Company, 1854)
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Jedediah Chapman, son of Capt. Samuel Chapman, born October 9, 1703, married Hester Kirtland, daughter of John Kirtland, Jr., June 5, 1723, by whom he had eight children. He was, for many years, the most prominent man in the society of West-Brook, where he resided, in military, civil and religious affairs. He was a major of infantry ; a lawyer by profession, and chosen deacon of the church, in 1732, in which capacity he served until his death. He was distinguished as a Christian gentleman, exhibiting a rare combination of talents, in connection with fervent piety and ardent zeal in the cause of Christ. He died at West-Brook, February 10, 1764, in the sixty-first year of his age.

Mrs. Hester Chapman, after his decease, married Robert Chapman of East Haddam, April 22, 1766.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 87428660 , in Find A Grave
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