Hello:
On the invitation of Harold, I am posting my first message to the CHAPMAN
mail list. I descend from Robert CHAPMAN below in generation 1 and then
further descend through Robert's son Nathan CHAPMAN who married Rebecca
GRIFFITH.
Nathan and Rebecca's daughter, Elizabeth, married John DETTOR, Sr.
Elizabeth and John are my gggg grandparents. I am looking for more
information on the CHAPMAN families in Maryland and am also interested in
finding the parents of Rebecca GRIFFITH. If any of you have connections to
the below families, I would like to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Elaine Randall English
eng4(a)stc.net
Descendants of Robert Chapman
Generation No. 1
1. Robert2 Chapman (Robert1) was born 1707-1708 in Baltimore, MD, and
died Aft. December 1776. He married Margaret Unknown.
Notes for Robert Chapman:
Robert may have married Elizabeth Taylor on 30 Jun 1736; He was m. to
Margaret (surname unknown) by his will date of Dec 1749.
From: "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759" page 104:
"son of Robert, b. ca 1707/8, gave age as 68 on 09 Dec 1776; may be the
Robert who married Elizabeth Taylor on 30 Jun 1736; was m. to Margareth (?)
by Dec 1749 when as 'wheelright, son and heir of Robert Chapman, dec.' with
w. Margaret sold Yate's Forbearance to Daniel Dulany; in 1750 owned 200 a.
Buck Forest; in May 1759 with w. Margaret conv. Buck Forest to one Nathan
Chapman; elected churchwarden of St. Thomas' Parish; had iss.: Robert, d.
1804; Luke; Nathan, d. 1807; Daniel, d. 1753; James, d. 1772; Helen, b. 18
Jun 1763, d. 1823, m. Thomas Gorsuch in 1778 (80:385; 83:380; 133; 135;
153:200)"
Notes for Margaret Unknown:
Margaret's first name as mother of these children from Virginia Genealogies.
Children of Robert Chapman and Margaret Unknown are:
2 i. Robert3 Chapman, born Aft. 1736; died Abt. 1804.
3 ii. Luke Chapman, born Aft. 1736; died Abt. 1790. He married Sophia
Wooden 1754.
4 iii. Daniel Chapman, born Aft. 1736; died Abt. 1753.
5 iv. James Chapman, born Aft. 1736; died Abt. 1772.
6 v. Nathan Chapman, born Abt. 1740 in Baltimore, MD; died 1807. He
married Rebecca Griffith Abt. 1760.
7 vi. Helen Chapman, born 18 June 1763; died 1823 in Baltimore Co., MD
(Probable). She married Thomas Gorsuch 27 February 1778.