In a message dated 98-06-19 19:48:57 EDT, you write:
<< I would apprecite it if anyone could send me information on Johnny
Appleseed
Chapman -- his siblings and his fathers siblings i have been told my
GGGGrandfather Edward Chapman B:1812 who i find in 1850 Pike county KY came
by
himself from Illinois and that he or his father was a brother to Appleseed
John. So i am trying to prove or disprove it. >>
Here are the descendants of Edward Chapman, according to Florence E. Wheeler,
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, Vol 48, 1939.
Descendants of EDWARD CHAPMAN
1 EDWARD CHAPMAN d: 18 April 1678 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
+MARY SYMONDS m: Bef. 1643 d: 10 June 1658
2 Simon Chapman b: 1643 in Rowley, Massachusetts d: 25 August 1735
in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
+Mary Brewer b: 23 September 1648 m: 21 March 1665/66 d: 23
February 1723/24
2 Mary Chapman b: 1648
+John Barry b: in of Salem, Massachusetts m: 24 January 1675/76
2 Nathaniel Chapman d: in poss. Kittery, Maine
+Mary Wilborn b: 30 October 1657 m: 30 December 1674
2 Samuel Chapman b: 1654
+Phoebe Balch
*2nd Wife of Samuel Chapman:
+Ruth Ingalls m: 20 May 1678 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts d:
22 June 1700 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
2 JOHN CHAPMAN d: 19 November 1677 in Essex County, Massachusetts
+REBECCA SMITH b: Abt. 1652 m: 30 September 1675
3 JOHN CHAPMAN b: 07 July 1676 in Ipswich, Essex,
Massachusetts d: 07 October 1677
+ELIZABETH DAVIS m: 28 October 1702 d: 26 September 1736
in Tewksbury, Essex, Massachusetts
4 Martha Chapman b: 10 February 1702/03 in Ipswich,
Essex, Massachusetts
4 Elizabeth Chapman b: 19 October 1704 in Ipswich,
Essex, Massachusetts
4 Rebecca Chapman b: 05 October 1713 in bap. Ipswich,
Essex, Massachusetts
4 JOHN CHAPMAN b: in bap. Ipswich, Essex,
Massachusetts d: 07 December 1760 in Tewksbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Up to this point, the Johnny Appleseed Ancestry in the Ohio State Arch. &
Hist. Quarterly, Vol 48 (1939) p 20-32 is in substantial agreement with the
Edward Chapman Genealogy by Jacob Chapman. In fact, they agree even as to the
list of children and birth dates of John and Elisabeth Davis Chapman. The
Chapman Genealogy, however, has the wife of John listed as Joanna
Perkins..."had 5 ch. He was a maker of leather breeches. Had, in 1779,
bought land in Londonderry, NH where he d in 1793, ae 78." Florence Wheeler
does not attempt to reconcile her research with the earlier genealogy by
telling us the parents of this John Chapman who m. Joanna Perkins. However,
her discussion about the children of Nathaniel, naming their uncle "Davis
Chapman" who is also listed as a brother of John in the Chapman Genealogy, is
probably sufficient to prove her point.
+MARTHA PERLEY b: 24 August 1704 in Topsfield,
Essex, Massachusetts m: 01 March 1738/39 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts d:
22 February 1753 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts
5 Perley Chapman b: 30 October 1739 d: 1758
5 Elizabeth Chapman b: 19 November 1741
5 MARTHA CHAPMAN b: 30 August 1743 Perhaps
the Martha who m.
+RUFUS FLAGG b: 18 January 1742/43 in
Worcester, Massachusetts m: 03 December 1767 in Worcester, Massachusetts
5 Nathaniel Chapman b: 13 September 1746 m.
Elizabeth Simmons
Children of Nathaniel Chapman & Elizabeth Simmons:
1. Elizabeth, b 18 Nov, 1770
2, John, b 26 Sep 1774 ("Johnny Appleseed") He was born at Leominster, MA
and died, unmarried, in Fort Wayne, IN 18 Mar 1845
3. Nathaniel, b. 26 June 1776.
Nathaniel m. 2nd Lucy Cooley and had
4. Nathaniel, Dec 1781
5. Abner, 16 July 1783
6. Pierly, 6 May 1785
7. Lucy, b 21 July 1787
8. Patty, b 26 Feb 1790
9. Persis, 15 Nov 1793
10. Mary, 19 Jan 1796
11. Jonathan Cooley, 2 Feb 1798
12. Davis, 25 April 1800
13. Sally, 23 April 1803
*2nd Wife of JOHN CHAPMAN:
+Martha Hunt m: 05 July 1756 in Tewksbury, Essex,
Massachusetts
5 Patty Chapman b: 07 February 1757
5 Mary Chapman b: 07 April 1759
4 Davis Chapman b: 20 November 1716 in Ipswich,
Essex, Massachusetts
*2nd Wife of EDWARD CHAPMAN:
+Dorothy Swan m: Aft. 1658
I descend from a Martha CHAPMAN who m. Rufus FLAGG at Worcester, MA 1767. She
may be the Martha CHAPMAN who was the aunt of Johnny Appleseed, sister to his
father, Nathaniel, although she is not mentioned in the probate documents of
the John CHAPMAN estate and Florence Wheeler states she probably died young.
I would appreciate it if anyone has any other infomration on John CHAPMAN and
Joanna PERKINS in order to reconcile this with the Edward Chapman genealogy.
Cathy
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