Will:
Jan 27, 1768 Joseph Chapline (Founder of Sharpsburg, MD) of Frederick Co, MD.
Mentions wife, Ruhamah Chapline.She was Ruhamah Williams, and was heiress to lands in England and Wales, which she recovered. He mentions his children(all by name)
Witnesses: William Good, Daniel Culp, Mary Good
Liber A, No. 1, Folio 332.
In this will, which is a very voluminous document, Joseph Chapline disposes of vast estates.Mentions also his Iron Works, the Antheitam Iron Works, then building, for which he furnished the land.
In the Articles of Agreement concerning the Antietam Iron Works, recorded Oct 31st, 1765, the partners mentioned are Samuel Beall, Jr, David Ross and Richard Henderson.Col. Joseph Chapline owned 12,257 1/2 acres of land.Part of it had a deposit of copper.In 1768, he deeded land to Abraham Lingenfelder for the site of the old German Reformed burial ground of Sharpsbufg, MD, as a gift.
"Chaplines of Maryland and Virginia"
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