Rupert, thanks for the advice. I will work throught the various Swedish
forums and lists and try to find a connection.
Mike
Rupert Chapman wrote:
I don't have any specific information about him, but I do have
friends
in Sweden, where he is very well known, and highly regarded. There
is, or was in 1995 when we had a family visit to our friends, a
sizable yacht in Stockholm Harbor named after him, which is a Youth
Hostel. All in all, I suspect that your best bet for further
information would be through a contact in Sweden, where they are very
proud of him and the name of Chapman stands high!
Rupert
-----Original Message-----
From: The Goughs <ltcolmichaelj(a)bellsouth.net>
To: ltcolmichaelj(a)bellsouth.net
CC: chapman-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 2:44
Subject: Re: [CHAPMAN] Does anyone have information about Fredric
Henric af Chapman and his descendants
The Goughs wrote:
> Dear List, does anyone have information about Fredric Henric af
> Chapman and his descendants. He was commissioned by King Gustavus
> Adolphus of Sweden. My daughter-in-law's GGgrandfather was Gustavus
> Adolphus Chapman:
>
> Descendants of Gustavus Adolphus Chapman, Sr.
> 1 Gustavus Adolphus
> Chapman, Sr. b: Abt. 1850 in Rappahannock Co., Virginia d:
> 1916 in after being paralyzed for 13 years ..
> +Minnie Brinegar m: 1886 in probably in Daviess
> County, Mo
> .. 2 Gustavus Adolphus Chapman, Jr. b: in Probably
> Gallitan, Daviess County, MO .. 2 Edgar O.
> Chapman b: in Probably Gallitan, Daviess County, MO
> .. 2 Susan Chapman b: in Probably Gallitan, Daviess
> County, MO .. 2 Franzel Chapman b: in
> Probably Gallitan, Daviess County, MO
> Fredric Henric af Chapman (September 9, 1721 in Gothenburg - August
> 19, 1808)was a Swedish naval architect, promoted to vice admiral in
> 1791, manager of the shipyard at Karlskrona between 1782-1793.
>
> His father was an English naval officer, Thomas Chapman (born 1679 in
> Yorkshire), who moved to Sweden in 1715 and joined the Royal Swedish
> Navy and his mother was the daughter of a shipwright. Chapman was
> ennobled in 1772.
>
> At the age of 15 Chapman moved to Stockholm to learn the art of
> shipbuilding, during a visit to England in 1741 he was arrested when
> visiting a shipyard. Upon release, he was offered English service,
> which he declined. In 1750, he studied mathematics under Thomas
> Simpson, applying Simpson's rules for integrating curves in ship
> design to calculate areas, volumes and moments. In 1744 he and another
> person established a shipyard in Gothenburg. Between 1752-56 he
> studied abroad. In 1757 he was commissioned as a junior shipwright by
> the Royal Swedish Navy and tasked with designing a couple of shallow
> draft vessels for the Finnish archipelago or coastal fleet. 1764 he
> was promoted to
> senior shipwright.
>
> Chapman was the author of Architectura Navalis Mercatoria (1768) and
> several other shipbuilding-related works. His Tract om Skepps
> Buggeriet ("Treatise on Shipbuilding") published in 1775 is a
> pioneering work in modern naval
> architecture.
>
> Mike
>
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