It means, basically, someone who was in trade, who sold things. I've heard
it termed, a peddler. London's Cheapside was the place where tradesmen set
up shop. Cheap didn't have the same meaning as today - inexpensive - it
simply meant for sale. In Jane Austin's novel, Pride & Prejudice, the
Bingham sisters made fun of Elizabeth's uncle for being in trade and having
a house near Cheapside. He was a wealthy merchant, but being in trade,
having to work for a living rather than collecting rents on your property
the way gentry or noblemen lived, was still considered somehow unseemly to
the upper classes in the early 19th century England.
This is my understanding of Chapman - aka Chapman or "Ceapman" Anglo-Saxon.
Nancy Chapman Crayton
-----Original Message-----
From: K Powell [mailto:grannytoad@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:45 AM
To: CHAPMAN-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: CHAPMAN-DNA-D Digest V06 #1
o gee, I found it, Y RESULTS, last option on the right. Sorry.
I'm still wondering if we're not descendants of the proverbial traveling
salesman. What's the meaning of chapman surname again?
The closest match I see on mine, the matches FTDNA shows me is to a BEER at
25
markers, distance of -2. There are only 3 similar test results in my 25
marker
group. Does that mean anything other than more participants needed?
Kaye
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:55:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: robert allen <egnomex(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CHAPMAN-DNA] Kit Number: 40089
The link on the email still works for me. I just checked it again to be
sure. It has the kit number and gimmie code built in.
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