I just read your "The Biography of James Chapman and Descendants" again, and
again I puzzle over which Joseph Chapman married Catherine Anderson. Your
analysis certainly gives some credence to it being Joseph Chapman, son of
James, but, as you say, cannot be proven by documentation. I am at the same
stage in my claim that she married Joseph Chapman, son of Giles. I hope
that someday we'll find an answer. Maybe DNA is our best bet, and learning
if any of the Frederick Co Va Chapmans were blood related would be the clue
we need. I'll let you know if I learn more. Do you know where your James
Chapman came from to America? James
It would be interesting to learn if any of the Frederick Co Va Chapmans were
blood related.
Do you know where your James Chapman came to American from?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael L. Chapman" <mchapman(a)mindspring.com
To: <CHAPMAN-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent:
Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAPMAN-DNA] New Results
James, thanks for the information on Giles Chapman family. It would
be
great for you as well as any Chapman male (particularly those with
connections to Frederick Co., VA) to try the DNA test to see if we can
genetically connect the Giles Chapman line to the other Chapman lines
(Richard Chapman, James Chapman, the several Thomas Chapmans, etc.) who
were
in Frederick Co., VA in the mid- to late-1700s. I think it is likely
that
at least some of these lines are connected. Why else would so many
Chapman
families be associated with the same county in Virginia?
I have previously linked Catherine Anderson to the Joseph Chapman (oldest
son of James Chapman) in my family line (estate records confirm that
Joseph
Chapman was married to a Catherine but I don't have her last
name). My
link
to Catherine Anderson is perhaps wrong, or at least unproven. My
Joseph
Chapman is found with wife Catherine in Adair Co., KY in the early 1800s.
Joseph Chapman was killed by his slaves Peter, Nance and Robert in 1807 in
Adair Co., KY, leaving seven children. Oddly, his daughters Jenny,
Frances
and Elizabeth all married Hezekiah Rhodes Dohoney. Jenny was married
to
Dohoney in Orange Co., VA on 19 Oct. 1790. Frances married Dohoney in
Adair
Co., KY on 10 Feb. 1813. Elizabeth married Dohoney in Adair Co., KY
on 17
Jan. 1817. Joseph Chapman's sons are less well documented -- there is
perhaps a son Peyton or Payton, and perhaps others. Joseph Chapman
apparently settled in Adair Co., KY on bounty land which was awarded to
his
brother, John Chapman, who was killed in the Battle of Beargrass
Creek
during Revolutionary War.
Mike Chapman (of Atlanta)
_____________________________________________
Michael L. Chapman
The Chapman Firm
One North Parkway Square, Suite 200
4200 Northside Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30327
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Chapman [mailto:jchapman@pathwayz.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:47 PM
To: CHAPMAN-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CHAPMAN-DNA] New Results
Hi, Michael My Giles Chapman bought land in Orange Co Va before the
county
was divided and some of it became Frederick Co Va. He and his wife
Sarah
(Jackson) Chapman are credited as being among the founders of Hopewell
We believe, however,
that his second oldest son, Joseph Chapman, married Catherine Anderson of
Frederick Co Va. I'm intrigued with the DNA program and would like to
learn
more. James
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