"Chapman, Richard. Richard of Braintree (d. 1669) and wife Mary were parents of Hope of Westerly (b. 1655), who was father of this Richard, b. 20 Feb. 1687/8. … Of Stratford, will 22 Apr. 1741, proved 7 July 1741; wife Sarah; daus. Dorothy White, Sarah Johnson, Elizabeth Salter, Martha French, Mary Curtis, Ann Hawley; sons Hope, Daniel, Benjamin; dau. Ruth Chapman."