Person:Thomas Chipman (1)

Thomas Chipman was born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 17 November 1687^[1]. He was baptized on 30 August 1691^[4]. He married Abigail Lothrop, daughter of John Lothrop and Mary Cobb, in Stonington, Connecticut, on 26 April 1711^[4]. Thomas and Abigail lived in Stonington, Conn., for several years and their first two children were recorded there. They moved to Groton, Conn., before 17 March 1715, the date Thomas was given permission to open a tavern^[4]. He was an early member of the church in Groton and was chosen as lister and rate maker 20 December 1716^[4]. Thomas and his family were still living in Groton in 1744 for, in a transaction which took place in New London, Conn., 25 February 1743/44, recorded 15 March 1743/4, Thomas Chipman of Groton bought from Humphrey Avery of Groton, for £75, four parcels of land in Salisbury^[6]. Soon after this purchase, the Chipmans moved to Salisbury where Thomas owned an iron forge and sawmill. He was a founder of the Salisbury church in 1744 and served as a selectman, treasurer, and judge^[4]. Thomas died on 6 August 1752 Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, at age 64^[2]. He was buried at Lime Rock Cemetery in Salisbury^[5].

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records 1625-1903. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   Vol. 1, p. 19.

   Samuel Chipman [s. of elder John] & Sarah Cobb Married 27 Decmeber 1686.
   Their Son Thomas born 17 Nov 1687.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 "Salisbury Vital Records (NEHGS)", in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   p. 26.

   CHIPMAN
   Thomas, Dea., d. Aug. 5, 1752, in the 65th y. of his age [1:226]

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 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)
   1:380.

   SAMUEL, Barnstable, br. of the preced. m. 27 Dec. 1686, Sarah Cobb, d. of Henry, or James, but of wh. is not told, had Thomas, b. 17 Nov. 1687; Samuel, 6 Aug 1689; both bapt. 30 Aug. 1691, ...

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Chipman, Alberto Lee. The Chipman family : a genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631-1920. (Winston-Salem, N.C.: B.L. Chipman, c1920)
   p. 17.

   12. Thomas Chipman, oldest son of Samuel Chipman (2), was born in Barnstable, Mass., Nov. 17, 1687; baptised Aug. 30, 1691; died Aug. 5, 1752. He lived in Stonington, Conn., and Dec. 27, 1714 became a resident of Groton, Conn. In the latter place he was chosen tavern-keeper, March 17, 1715; a lister and rate maker, Dec. 29, 1716. He bought land of Robert Burrows and of Joseph Page, executor of Jos. Saxton of Stonington, by deed recorded June 3, 1716, a part or all of which land he conveyed to his father June 3, 1717. He was one of the early members of the church in Groton. He removed to Salisbury in 1741, settling near Lamb's Iron Works, and was the proprietor of a saw and grist mill there. His name preceeded by that of the pastor-elect appears with nine others as a founder of the Salisbury Congregational Church organized in 1744. He was the treasurer and a selectman of Salisbury in 1744 and the Justice of the Peace first commissioned there. On the organization of Litchfield County, 1751, he was appointed the first Associate Judge of the County Court.
   
   He married at Stonington, Conn., April 26, 1711, Abigail Lothrop, probably either the daughter born April 23, 1689, of John and Mary (Cobb) Lothrop or the daughter born Aug. 10, 1693, of Sam[u]el and Hannah (Crocker) Lothrop, both of which were of the prosterity of Rev. John Lothrop.

5. ↑ Find A Grave
   Thomas Chipman.
6. ↑ White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower: The First Five Generations. (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1990-2008)
   p. 112.