I am looking for information on Luke CHAPMAN. I believed he may have
been born in Baltimore County, MD. Father may have been Robert.
Below is the beginning of what I have for information on my CHAPMAN
family line. I am told the line is in "Baltimore County Families"
1659-1759 by Robert Barnes but I have not found a copy to look at
yet. Any help would be much appreciated.
Wayne Allen CHAPMAN
wchapman(a)alltel.net
. LUKE CHAPMAN was born Bef. 1730, and died 1816. He married (1)
SOPHIA WOODEN 1754, daughter of JOHN WOODEN and MARY (LAST?). She was
born September 29, 1727 in St. Paul Protestant Episcopal Church,
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland and died Abt. 1773. He married LEAH
Bet. 1773 - 1779 in MD. She was born Abt. 1726, and died August 01,
1800.
Notes for LUKE CHAPMAN:
Luke lived around Homewood, Beaver County, PA. He was a very large
man, and several stories of this strength were told to his descendants
of how he slapped a man and literally wiped the nose off his face.
Again, when he was older , was challenged by the winner of a neighbor
hood wrestling match and taking on the three best men put them all
down and pulled a brush pile over them. He left his family at Fort
Pitt while building a home in the wilderness. He was always a friend
of the Indians. Sometimes the floor of the cabin was covered with
sleeping Indians.
Children of LUKE CHAPMAN and SOPHIA WOODEN are:
i. EPHRIN CHAPMAN d. 1772.
ii. LUKE CHAPMAN.
iii. SOPHIA CHAPMAN.
Notes for SOPHIA CHAPMAN: between 1830-1840 she and her husband
murdered for money
iv. STEPHEN CHAPMAN, d. 1778.
2. v. SAMUEL CHAPMAN, b. Abt. November 09, 1770, Homewood, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania; d. May 24, 1833, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
vi. JOHN CHAPMAN, b. 1775.
Generation No. 2
2. SAMUEL CHAPMAN (LUKE) was born Abt. November 09, 1770 in Homewood,
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and died May 24, 1833 in Beaver County,
Pennsylvania. He married ELISABETH LEWIS. She was born Abt. 1770,
and died Abt. May 13, 1833.
Notes for SAMUEL CHAPMAN:
Sam and Elisabeth settled on a 400 acre homestead near Homewood, PA.
When he died he left the five surviving children each 80 acres.
Lewis, the youngest son, received the old home.
Children of SAMUEL CHAPMAN and ELISABETH LEWIS are:
. i. LUKE CHAPMAN, b. Abt. 1804; d. Abt. December 07, 1834.
. ii. ROBERT CHAPMAN, b. 1805, Homewood, Beaver County, Pennsylvania;
d. 1859.
iii. LEAH CHAPMAN, b. Abt. 1806; d. Abt. 1806.
iv. MARGARET CHAPMAN, b. March 29, 1810, Beaver County, Pennsylvania;
d. May 04, 1878, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
v. MICHAL CHAPMAN, b. July 01, 1812; d. Unknown; m. HENRY LAWRENCE;
b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Notes for MICHAL CHAPMAN:
Also found spelled as Machel
. vi. SAMUEL CHAPMAN, b. May 11, 1814, PA; d. January 08, 1893.
. vii. JOHN CHAPMAN, b. May 20, 1816, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA; d.
Bet. 1879 - June 1880, York County, NE.
viii. ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, b. September 29, 1818; d. November 1888; m.
FREDERICK GRAHAM; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
ix. MARY CHAPMAN, b. November 25, 1820; d. February 26, 1838, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania.
x. LEWIS CHAPMAN, b. January 30, 1823, PA; d. April 06, 1897, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania.
Notes for LEWIS CHAPMAN:
Twin of Sophia
xi. SOPHIA CHAPMAN, b. January 30, 1823; d. Bet. August 17 1896 -
1898; m. WILL NICKELSON; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Notes for SOPHIA CHAPMAN:
Twin of Lewis