Person:Robert Chapman (30)
Robert Chapman
b.Sep 1646 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
d.10 Nov 1711 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 29 Apr 1642
  1. Captain John Chapman1644 - Bef 1712
  2. Robert Chapman1646 - 1711
  3. Anna Chapman1648 - 1649
  4. Hannah Chapman1650 - Aft 1688
  5. Deacon Nathaniel Chapman1653 - 1726
  6. Mary Chapman1655 -
  7. Sarah Chapman1657 - Aft 1703
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Jun 1671
  1. Capt. Samuel Chapman1672 - 1717
  2. Robert Chapman1675 - 1760
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Robert Chapman1646 - 1711
  • W.  Mary DurantEst 1658 -
m. 29 Oct 1694
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Robert Chapman
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] Sep 1646 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 27 Jun 1671 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Griswold
Marriage 29 Oct 1694 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Durant
Death[1][2] 10 Nov 1711 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[5] Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2. Robert Chapman, Jr., 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)
    68-69.

    "2. Robert Chapman, Jr., the second son of the first settler, was born in the month of September, 1646, at Say-Brook, Conn., and was extensively engaged in agriculture. He owned at the time of his decease not less than 2,000 acres of land, in Say-Brook, East Haddam and Hebron, as appears from the probate records at New London. The town records, as well as the records of the secretary of state, abundantly show, that he was a man of extensive influence, in civil affairs. He was for many years, clerk of Oyster River Quarter, and commissioner and surveyor for the town of Say-Brook. But a short time after his father's decease, he was elected representative to the state legislature, which office he filled, at eighteen sessions. … But his highest encomium is, that he 'walked with God.' He, early in life experienced a change of heart, and connected himself with the church, under the ministry of the Rev. Thomas Buckingham, the successor of Rev. James Fitch, who had, previously, removed with part of his church to Norwich, Conn. The estimation in which he was held by the church, is evinced by the fact, that they appointed him as their delegate to the assembly that formed the Say-Brook Platform in 1708; a work which, for nearly a century and a half, has served to preserve the purity and order of the Congregational churches of Connecticut. To have been a member of that body, is a higher honor than could have been conferred by any merely civil trust. … He died suddenly, in the court-room, at Hartford, soon after the opening of the November session in 1711. His tombstone stands in the old burial-ground, in Hartford, in the rear of the Center church, about a rod north of the monument, on which are inscribed the names of the first settlers of Hartford; with this inscription. 'Here lyeth the body of Robert Chapman, who departed this life November ye 10th, 1711, Aged 65 years.' Several of his numerous children died in infancy. But four of them married and raised families, and yet his descendants number more than the aggregate of both his brothers, John and Nathaniel."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert Chapman, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:362-363.

    "Robert (Chapman), Saybrook, s. of the first Robert, freem. 1667, m. 27 July 1671, Sarah, eldest d. of Francis Griswold of Norwich, had Samuel, b. 12 Sept. 1672; Robert, 19 Apr. 1675; Sarah, 12 Sept. 1677, d. next mo.; Francis, 5 Aug. 1678; Dorcas, 26 Aug. 1680, d. soon; Stephen, 24 Nov. 1681, d. young; a s. 6 Mar. 1681, d. in 4 days; Sarah, again, 19 Dec. 1686, d. next mo.; and a s. 6 Nov. 1689, d. in 3 days. His w. d. 7 Apr. 1692; and he m. 29 Oct. 1694, Mary, wid. of Samuel Sheather of Killingworth, had Benjamin, Mar. 1696; Mehitable, 15 May 1697, d. under 10 mos.; Stephen, 5 Mar. 1699; and Abigail, 20 Mar. 1701. He was rep. sev. yrs. and d. in that stat. 10 Nov. 1711."

  3. ↑ Saybrook Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    31.

    "Chapman, … Robert, [s. Robert & Ann], b. Sept. middle, 1646 [1:20]"

  4.   Ricker, Jacquelyn Ladd. The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut: Based on the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and Other Statistical Sources. (Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company)
    2797.

    "Robert, d. 10 Nov 1711 ae 63 - Center Cem, Hartford"

  5. ↑ Robert Chapman
    Robert Chapman, in Find A Grave.
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