Hey Den: How about Jacqeumon, chackman and I have a few more.. My chapman
come st Landry Parish in La and the started from France. rocky(a)ozip.net
rocky no, don`t ever miss a beat if you are doing genealogy research. sift
the sand well then again and then say What this?? heh! rocky
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From: Den_Mari <ddmmjm(a)netins.net>
To: CHAPMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com <CHAPMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAPMAN-L] Isaac Chapman
It's possible, Preacher....!!
I'll tell you something about my husband's ancestry. Last name has been
spelled
Modlin since his gggrandfather...who came here from IN. NONE of us here
knew, and I think, according to what my MIL says, anyway, knew that the
name has ever been anything different. I was going around in circles.
Couldn't find anything beyond the gggrandfather. There was a Gal on one of
the other lists that I was on early in my Web experience....she wrote me
and asked about the ancestry. Solely because she knew the name. Come to
find out, the lineage goes back to 1670 in
NC, where they spelled the name, Maudlin, Moadle, and a couple others that
I can't remember! We can trace it back to this single ancestor, directly.
If it weren't for this gal contacting me, I'd still be looking, and
scratching my head. Don't ever pass anything up as impossible. Why did
they change their names? You hit on part of it.
Some was because, as you say, the census takers weren't all that literate.
Some was changed by the ancestors themselves....lack of education, or
whatever, would lend itself to spelling it various ways, all just like it
should be according to sound. Sometimes these people couldn't write
themselves, and they'd have to have someone else write it out for them.
Well, maybe these people didn't know how to spell it either, and since the
ancestor didn't know how to write, in all probability didn't know how to
read, or know the alphabet, the person doing the writing wrote it like HE
thought it was/should be. Have you ever played that game, where everyone
sits in a circle, and the first person starts out whispering a word in the
next persons ear....and it goes around the circle that way. More often
than not, the last person who is to say the word out loud, ends up with an
entirely different word. This isn't any different. Just has a "twist" to
it.
I'm getting long winded here....but look for the varied spellings, at the
same time/place/area, and see if there's an Isaac Chapman, Caepman,
whatever!
Oh.....and Preacher...that wasn't exactly what I was referring to, but will
let it pass! <g>
Mari
At 08:47 PM 1/29/99 , you wrote:
Issac Chaplain
Isaac Chaplain
Issac Chaplin
Issac Chaplyn
Isaac Chaplaine
Isack Chaplaine
Issaike Chaplin
Isaeke Chaplin
Isaeck Chaplin
Now My theory is this. They were all, or most of them, refering to men
that were called the same name, maybe they couldnt spell to well and a
lot of the court clerks and recorders couldn't spell any better, so
maybe we better start looking for someone other than "ISAAC CHAPMAN"
What do you think Rees, Cuz Noni ???? Am I off track??
BTW Thanks Noni, I appreciate you taking time to mail that to me.
"Preacher" (Oh yes,....we weren't always preachers,
Mari..............)
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