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Connie, thank you for reply. contact me at
rrjpalmer(a)hotmail.com
I tried sending this directly to Jeff's address, but it didn't seem to work properly. Can anyone out there provide any input? THANKS!
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From: Lendell & Willene Davidson<mailto:wcnlw@msn.com>
To: jeffchip9(a)hotmaill.com<mailto:jeffchip9@hotmaill.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:17 PM
Subject: Perez Chipman and Margaret Wheeler
Hello, Jeff. I read the Chipman message board and caught your recent post. Would you know who the parents of Margaret Wheeler were and were they all from the Guilford area of North Carolina? One of my direct ancestors was Manlove Wheeler of High Point, Guilford Co., N.C. He married (2nd) an Esther - some say Chipman - and moved to western Illinois around 1833. I've had no good luck proving this. Can you shed any light on this?
THANKS very much. L.W. (Dave) Davidson
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William Chipman born 11/7/1818 in Scott County, KY and died 6/10/1875 in Grant County, KY. He married Marieta Ann Juett on 7/1/1841 in Grant County, KY. She was the daughter of Joseph Jewitt and Amelia Renaker. Marietta was born 5/29/1820 in Harrison County, KY and died 9/1887 in Grant County, KY. Their Children are:
1. Joseph b. 5/30/1842 Grant County, d. 1/8/1916 Hazel wood Ohio. He married Nancy Elizabeth Crosswhite on 10/19/1858 in Grant County.
2. John Wesley b. 10/27/1843 Grant County d. 6/6/1939 Grant Co. He married Sarah Ellen Wallace on 6/10/1869 in Grant County. She was born 12/13/1845 in Scott County, KY and died 9/19/1906 in Grant County. He then married Annie E. Hall on 9/2/1908 in Grant County. She was born in 1852 in Alabama and died 1930 in Grant County.
3.Melissa Catherine b. 3/26/1846 Grant County and died 4/16/1921 in Grant County. She married James Burgess on 12/3/1868 in Grant County. He was born 1842 in Green County, IL and died 9/29/1877 in Grant County.
4.Willie C. b 3/26/1846 Grant County d. bef 1850 Grant County
5. William Perry b. 11/9/1849 Grant County and died 9/11/1889 in Union County, Iowa. He married Naomi Lucas on 11/14/1867 in Grant County. She was born 6/2/1846 Grant County and died 2/27/1917.
6. Dr. Noah Benjamin b. 7/22/1852 Grant County and died 6/26/1932 in Pendleton County, Ky. He married Nannie Elizabeth Wadsworth on 4/5/1883 in Cinicnnati, Ohio. She was born 7/30/1857 in Ky and died 2/4/1931 in Pendleton County.
7. Adam Jefferson b. 3/31/1854 in Grant County and died 8/15/1934 in Grant County. He married (1) Flora Bell Nix on 9/28/1876 in Grant County. She was b. 8/25/1854 in Grant County and died 7/16/1920 in Grant County (2) Ella Jane Agee on 12/31/1924 in Grant County. She was born 1/5/1862 in Owen County, Ky and died 10/12/1934 in Grant County.
8. Nancy Elizabeth b. 7/12/1856 Grant County and d. 1856
9. Jesse b. 10/29/1858 Grant County and died 11/13/1915 Grant County. He married Hester Ann Juett. She was born 12/15/1855 Grant County, and died 1/19/1934 Grant County.
10. Dr. Jacob C. b. 11/13/1860 Grant County and died 11/15/1924 in Logan County, Colorado. He married Hattie Renaker on 5/8/1884. She was born 3/1863 in Connorsville, Harrison County, KY.
11. Lewis Newton b. 4/6/1864 Grant County and died 6/4/1933 in Cincinnati, OH. He m. Mary Marjorie Kuhn on 5/2/1883 Grant County. She was born 3/21/1864 and d. 3/18/1935.
Jacob and Hattie Renaker Chipman had the following children:
1. Zelmer R. b. 9/15/1885 Grant County and d. 7/14/1934 in Sterling, Logan County, COl. He m. Elma Blanche Sheridan in Sterling, Col.
2. Otto Veiges b. 2/27/1887 Grant County. He married Almeda Sheridan. She was b. c 1886. They had one child. Willa Veiga b. c 1917 in Col She married Frank Donald Moore on 8/31/1935 in Sterling, Colorado. They had one son who married a Beach.
3. Ina Myrtle b. 9/1891 grant County. She married John Joseph Cunningham. They had the following Children, John Jacob Jr. , Paul Edward, and James Robert.
I hope this is helpful. I will be publishing a Chipman book later this year that will deal more in depth with this family including wills and pictures.
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I want to share two emails I received in February of 1996 from a descendant of James and Charlotte (Crockett) (Hutchinson) Chipman, to which I will append transcriptions of the 1820 and 1830 census returns mentioned in my previous post. I am not going to name the correspondent because it's apparent they are interested in the truth, and embarrassment is not my purpose.
Herewith:
“Mon. 19 Feb 1996
Hello Jeffrey:
I am responding to a couple of your messages you posted over the last week or so on the Gennam Mailing List. My name is (--) and I believe we may share some of the same ancestors.
There is reason to believe that the James Chipman you wanted information on is my ggg grandfather. My gg grandparents were George & Elizabeth MASON who were both from KY, but moved to Ray Cnty. MO around 1840 and died there; he, in 1862; she, in 1878. They had 4 children, one of whom, James Chipman MASON, was my ggrandfather. I have a probable marriage record for them: 15 Jul 1839 in Fayette Cnty, KY. The records shows a “Geo. A. MASON” marrying an “Eliza” CHIPMAN.
About the James CHIPMAN you mention. I can’t really confirm or correct your information. I have IGI records (along with photocopies of the original submissions), showing Stephen as James’s father, but both Stephen and John CHIPMAN as sons of Perez CHIPMAN and Margaret WHEELER. Once I’ve gone further back than James CHIPMAN’s family, I am not sure totally of the reliability of what I’ve found. You seem to have more than I have and it would be interesting to hear from you about it.
“Eliza” Chipman seems to tie into a family (from the IGI parent index) I have listed of James CHIPMAN and Caroline CROCKETT, but instead of Caroline, one source gives me the name Lotte. If her name was Charlotte that would make sense. “Eliza” seems consistent with Elizabeth CHIPMAN, James’s youngest daughter. The photocopies of the IGI submission indicated that Elizabeth married George A. MASON.
Sorry I don’t have more on the earlier CHIPMANs, but hope this helps. I am focused right now on 19th century MASONs. My big problem with George A. MASON is his KY origin. Besides the marriage record all I know is that he was born there. If you have info concerning his parents and/or his birthplace and date, I would appreciate your sharing it since I’m pretty much a blank here (I estimate his birth date from 1813 to 1819). Let me know if you think I have anything that can help. Let’s keep in touch since it seems we’re working on some of the same families.
(--) [END of message text]”
“Sun. 25 Feb 1996
Hi Jeff—
I was glad to get your response. You seem to have dug out alot on the Chipman relations. On the basis of what you’ve given me, I’ve been able to correct my own records. The info I had, while useful as a start, simply did not seem to completely fit. John rather than Stephen Chipman as James’s father makes sense. Thanks for the help. We I need help I’ll get back to you & let me know if you think I’ve got anything that will help you.
(--)”
Two U.S. Census listings for James Chipman in Scott Co., KY:
1820, pg. 96A
Two males 0-10, seven males 10-16, one male 26-45, three females 0-10, two females 10-16, one female 16-26, one female 26-45
1830, pg. 166
One male 0-5, two males 10-15, one male 40-50, one female 5-10, two females 15-20, one female 40-50
The oldest male in the 1820 return is 26-45, or born from 1775-1794; the oldest male in the 1830 return is 40-50, or born from 1780-1790. These returns are for the same person. The reason the age ranges in these census returns are different is because the Federal government changed the way it recorded families in 1830.
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It's unfortunate that sometimes you have to disprove somebody else's ancestor and show that he's in fact YOUR ancestor. Had the Scott Co., KY people done even a little research they would have known that James Chipman of Scott Co. was not who they thought he was. TWO census records place that man as born after 1775 and 1780 respectiviely, so how could he be a man born in 1771?
I am challenging the Scott Co. people to produce any pertinent information bearing on this case. I don't think that will happen.
Hello All,
Would anyone know the parents of Robert A. Chipman, born in 1823 in KY?
Also, does anyone come from this family? Would be more than happy to share my
info.
Thanks in Advance,
Mark S. Smith
Descendants of Robert A. Chipman
1 Robert A. Chipman b: February 12, 1823 in Kentucky d: Abt. 1865 in Arkansas
Burial: In Arkansas` Military Records: C.S.A(Prisoner of War)
. +Caroline Marlow b: March 04, 1828 in Lyons, Coahoma County, Mississippi d:
September 10, 1896 in Ruleville, Sunflower County, Mississippi Burial:
Lehrton
Cemetery, Ruleville,Sunflower County, Mississippi
2 Missouri A. Chipman b: 1844 in Mississippi d: Abt. 1918 in Greenwood,
Leflore
County, Mississippi Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore County,
Mississippi
... +Mr.White
2 William Worth Chipman b: 1847 in Mississippi d: 1877 in Ruleville,
Sunflower
County, Mississippi Burial: Lehrton Cemetery, Ruleville, Sunflower County,
Mississippi
2 Benjamin Ransome Chipman b: 1849 in Mississippi
2 John North Chipman b: 1849 in Mississippi
2 Amanda Melvine Chipman b: January 13, 1854 in Clarksdale, Coahoma County,
Mississippi d: June 15, 1937 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi
... +William Zacheriah Taylor Bishop b: November 15, 1849 in Huntsville,
Madison
County, Alabama m: January 12, 1871 in Coahoma County, Mississippi d:
November 1896 in Ruleville, Sunflower County, Mississippi Burial: Lehrton
Cemetery, Ruleville, Sunflower County, Mississippi -- No Tombstone Father:
Joseph D. Bishop Mother: Yosley Ussley (?)
2 Sarah Letitia Chipman b: August 08, 1859 in Lyons, Coahoma County,
Mississippi d: January 26, 1940 in Ruleville, Sunflower County, Mississippi
Burial: Lehrton Cemetery, Ruleville, Sunflower County, Mississippi
... +Julius Eubanks m: Abt. 1878 in Mississippi d: Abt. 1889 in Sunflower
County,
Mississippi Burial: Buried on the Banks of the Sunflower River
*2nd Husband of Sarah Letitia Chipman:
... +Riley Elija McBee b: February 21, 1850 m: 1892 in Mississippi d:
December
13, 1922 Burial: Lehrton Cemetery, Ruleville, Sunflower County, Ms.--No
Tomstone
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Janice:
Reviewing my original post to the board, I note that I provided an incomplete citation for the Sunderland records. I obtained this information from the Family History Center, Film number 0028937, Vol 1 – 5.
My complete bibliographic citation reads as follows;
Index Card of Marriage Records from Sunderland, Vt Vital Records indicating the marriage of Amos Chipman to Abigail Boardman on 27 Apr 1773. (Family History Center Film number 0028937, Vol 1 – 5)
Index Card Death Record for Amos Chipman indicating his wife to be Abigail Chipman. (Family History Center Film number 0028937, Vol 1 – 5).
I will send copies of both cards to your email address. Contact me if you have any questions.
Regards,
Rodney Badger
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There is one more point I want to make regarding James Chipman of Scott Co., KY who m. Charlotte Crockett and d. in 1833.
"A Chipman Genealogy," pub. 1970 by John Hale Chipman III (Chipman Historics), p. 69 says that James Chipman "was born about June 1, 1771. This gives the impression that the source for this birthdate originated in Scott Co. or is proven to belong to this person (recorded say, in a Bible record). Actually, that's not true; it's nothing more than an interpolation based upon Stephen and Agnes Chipman's Kent Co., DE Orphan's Court records, and there's nothing to link this birth date and the death date (23 Jan 1833) of the Scott Co., KY James Chipman together.
All genealogists make mistakes, and there's nothing wrong with that. In this case, John Hale Chipman III, who I think was sincere in attempting to render as complete account as he could of the Chipman family, did not use any standards of evidence and slapped things together. I'm sure he was the person who glued this line together, not the descendants. He has passed away, so I'm not going to dump on his memory, but his book has been described as "defective" by competent published genealogists. Since the Scott Co. U.S. censuses for 1820 & 1830 prove that this James was not the son of Stephen, I'm not going to flog a dead horse, but people should keep in mind that they may be "appropriating" somebody else's legitimate ancestor.
People need to be very careful with undocumented secondary sources.
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WHO WAS JAMES CHIPMAN OF BLEDSOE COUNTY,
TENNESSEE?
(REVISITED)
{Cross-post from Rootsweb's Mayflower “message board”}
The Bledsoe Co. courthouse at Pikeville, TN burned in 1908. The wills and marriages were lost, but fortunately the deeds of conveyance, court dockets, and some miscellaneous records survived. Legislative petitions for the early years of the county serve as “tax list” substitutes. Land grants by the state for property in the county are housed at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville.
The first U.S. census of TN taken in 1800 is lost. Of the 1810 U.S. census, only Rutherford Co. and part of Grainger Co. remain. About half of the returns for 1820 were lost, among them Bledsoe Co. The first census for which returns are extant for all counties is 1830.
[Most genealogists working with records in the southern states will sooner or later encounter a burned courthouse. Nineteenth and twentieth century losses can usually be dealt with, but when seventeenth and early eighteenth century records in the old colonial counties are lost, the results can be catastrophic.
Genealogists use various kinds of records. In Great Britain, landed families may have pedigree scrolls tracing their family back to the Flood; it doesn’t work that way in the USA. Non-genealogists have difficulty comprehending the concept that ALL genealogists use logic and deduction to correctly identify people.
An uncommon surname, like Chipman, helps, but the use of the same given names in generation after generation means the genealogist has to exercise care. The last general Chipman genealogy was published in 1970. Unfortunately, the author did not insist on documentation of any kind, and allowed families to submit their data in the form of a “family group sheet.” Only occasionally will one meet with a reference to an actual source in that volume. It was better than nothing, because the previous works by Alberto Lee Chipman and Richard Manning Chipman were inadequate, with limited coverage.]
Delaware did not require civil registration of births, deaths, and marriages until 1913, although a few were voluntarily submitted before that date.
In the 1880 Lauderdale Co., TN U.S. census, Thomas Jefferson Chipman and James Washington Chipman, two grandchildren of this James Chipman said that their father, George Chipman, had been born in DE. DE is a small state consisting of three counties; there are no records that any Chipman ever lived in NewCastle Co., but Chipmans settled in both Sussex and Kent Cos. Due to its small size, DE wasn’t the most common migration point (most Tennesseans came from VA, GA, and the Carolinas); obviously this information came from a family source, probably George Chipman himself.
Census records for George Chipman (1803-1878) also variously give his birthplace as being TN or VA, but James Washington Chipman and Thomas Jefferson Chipman were the only two sons of George Chipman to survive (there was another son named Edward, who evidently died before George made his will, as no more is heard of him; George Chipman named his first two sons James and Thomas after his father, James, and his father’s brother, Thomas—wasn’t that imaginative?).
The point is that the family was from DE. This is really incontrovertible, and fully consistent with other branches of the Chipman family that migrated from DE to NC and KY.
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The maiden name of James Chipman’s wife Betsy (Elizabeth) is unknown; however, it appears that she married James Chipman ca. 1801, probably in DE.
James Chipman signed two 1815 legislative petitions to the TN legislature recorded in Bledsoe Co.: one as “James Chiteman” in “Petitions to delay enactment of the land law during the War Between Great Britain and the United States” [e.g. War of 1812]; and one as “James Chitman” dated 21 October 1815 to re-draw the boundaries of Bledsoe Co. Both petitions are available on microfilm at TSLA in Nashville. (Both the TN and NC Chipman family had some variant spelling of their surname in records.)
On 14 May 1821, James Chipman purchased 74 acres “on the South Side of Sequatchie” [River] in Bledsoe Co. from Jacob Roberson for 400 dollars.
On 13 April 1822, James Chipman and James Roberson donated 1 ½ acres to the Providence Baptist Church in Bledsoe Co.
Of this donation, Elizabeth Parham Robnett, Bledsoe Co. historian, wrote, “When and where the first religious services were held in what is now Bledsoe County or Sequatchie Valley is probably not known. However, many of the early religious services were held at the homes of the early settlers, school houses and camp grounds. The Methodist, Baptist and Christian churches were holding services in the 1820’s. James Roberson and James Chipman deeded land in 1822 in Lot No. 11 for a ‘meeting house.’ This Baptist Church was known as Providence church. In 1831 John Dalton, a Revolutionary War veteran, was a minister at this church which was near the home of another Revolutionary War patriot, Capt. George Walker.” (“Bledsoe County, Tennessee A History”, p. 117)
George Walker died in Bledsoe Co. on 12 October 1833. He had served as an officer in the Burke Co., NC militia during the RW (see his RW pension papers).
On 14 October 1823, George Chipman was commissioned a lieutenant in the 21 Regiment Bledsoe Co. militia. [muster roll in possession of TSLA]
The Bledsoe Co. Circuit Court Execution Docket (p. 139) records the 1824 case of “The State vs William J. Thornton and James Chapman;” the defendants were ordered to pay $14.15 to cover court costs.
On 3 July 1824, The State of Tennessee granted James Chipman 60 acres in Bledsoe Co. “on the west side of Walden’s ridge.” The grant was recorded 10 January 1826, and that is the last record of James Chipman in Bledsoe Co. The 1830 U.S. census enumeration commenced on 1 June 1 1830, and the filing date was 1 August 1830; this gives an outside limit for the death of James Chipman as being between 10 January 1826 and the actual date of enumeration of Betsy Chipman’s household (see below), which fell within the two-month period.
On 20 December 1825, Robert Maitland of New York City, represent by John McIver, “his attorney in fact,” sold Samuel McReynolds Jr. for $1600.00 “a certain tract of land in Bledsoe County containing two hundred acres Beginning at a corner at John Rogers thence to Richard and Mary Jones thence to James Chipmans line also one other tract in Bledsoe County containing three hundred and sixty acres adjoining the lines of John Roberson, Robert Raines, James Roberson, James Chipman, the wagon road and Richard and Mary Jones Beginning on a corner of John Robersons tract then along said line as run by Michael Rawlings thence & etc to a line in Chapmans line run by John Kelly.”
This left James Chipman, after deducting his gift to the church, about 132 acres. But what happened to his land? There is no deed recording its sale. The following probably contains the solution:
On 5 May 1832, Robert Maitland of New York City, represented by his “attorney in fact” James A. Whiteside, sold to Samuel McReynolds for the sum of $835.00, “a certain tract of land in Bledsoe County one thousand acres adjoining the Robert Rains tract and the tract on which Samuel Cowan and George Reed now lives and including the plantation on which Dempsey Hulsy now lives thence to the corner of Robert Shewmakes tract the other tract of fifteen acres being the same Sold by John McIver as attorney in fact for said Maitland to Jacob Roberson and by said Roberson to James Chipman and adjoining lands of James Roberson & said McReynolds.” Somehow this 15 acres of James Chipman’s land wound up in the hands of Robert Maitland again. Maitland was a land speculator based in New York. The Chipman farm may have been abandoned, the property seized by the sheriff for non-payment of tax, then auctioned off and purchased once more by Maitland. S!
uch events were common.
The 1830 U.S. census for Bledsoe Co., p. 283, records Betsy Chipman as follows:
One male under 5, one female under 5, one female 10-15, one female 15-20, one female 20-30, one female 50-60
On the same page of that census is Washington Chipman:
One male 20-30, one female under 5, one female 20-30
[Washington Chipman married Rachel (maiden name said to be “Clements,” but probably actually “Clemmons”).]
William Chipman (1814-1874) married Milly Standifer about 1832/3 in Bledsoe Co. as proven by the RW pension records of Milly’s father, Benjamin Standifer. The Standifers were close neighbors of Betsy Chipman in Bledsoe Co.; Milly was born in Elbert Co., GA in 1814.
In 1832 Betsy Chipman was recorded on a tax list; that was her last record in Bledsoe Co. From the 1830 census it appears Betsy Chipman was born between 1770-1780 (probably much closer to 1780). The female 20-30 in the census is probably Paulina Chipman; the female 15-20 Mary Chipman who married Harrison R. Latham (Latham was probably connected to the Birdy Latham residing in Bledsoe Co. in 1830); and the female 10-15 Delilah Chipman who had a marriage bond dated 7 December 1840 with William H. Davis in Madison Co.
About 1970 my father was told that William Chipman (1814-1874) had another brother named “Fate” Chipman (b. ca. 1820) who never married; I think “Fate” was actually Frederick Chipman who divorced Mary Ann Prendergrast 21 February 1867 in Madison Co., TN (William H. Davis had stood surety on the original bond); Frederick’s age range varied from 10-15 in 1840 (when he was living with William Chipman in Madison Co.) to 19 in 1850 (when he was living with Harrison Latham in Madison Co.), to 36 in 1860 (when he was living with George Chipman in Lauderdale Co., TN). This gives Frederick a birthdate of between 1824 and 1831, and if he is the last child of James and Betsy Chipman, as I think he was, the birthdate of 1824 makes more sense.
There are two Chipmans connected with these families I cannot place: William Chipman (b. ca. 1844) who served in the CSA in the Civil War and later moved to AR (he had friends in Lauderdale Co., TN); and Perlina Chipman (b. ca. 1835) who married James H. Davis 9 April 1853 in Madison Co., TN.
James Chipman of Bledsoe Co. was illiterate. For this reason alone, he could not have been the merchant mentioned in the Kent Co., DE estate papers of Jonathan Emerson as having sold various items, from sacks of oats to cloth, to Emerson’s heirs, and also to have stood surety on a note. James Chipman the merchant’s entries begin in 1788, the same year that James Chipman is first recorded on a Sussex Co., DE tax list. The Sussex Co. James was born BY 1767 (although as White & Coles have pointed out, he was actually born ca. 1753), so he could not have been the son of Stephen Chipman, who was born in 1771. The 1790 U.S. census for VA is lost; the statewide 1787 tax lists have been compiled and published, but no Chipman is listed in those records. As pointed out many times, the Sussex Co., DE James Chipman had settled in that county by 1788.
Land in certain sections of VA was free, in large tracts of several hundred acres per grant, and probably many people just squatted and farmed the land until it was devoid of nutrients.
As mentioned on numerous occasions, the codicil of the Emerson will proved 31 July 1784 pertaining to James Chipman reads as follows: “Item I give and bequeath to James Chipman (the son of Steven Chipman Deceased) He Being an impotent Boy in one of his knees, the sum of fifty 50 pounds Cash when he Shall arrive at a lawful age viz to twenty one years part or sooner if my Trustees think best or necessary –“.
This legacy was recorded on June 30th, 1792, and held in an interest bearing account, until January 1, 1800. This is how the birthdate of 1771 was derived, and inasmuch as Stephen Chipman died in 1772, I see no reason to dispute it. Stephen Chipman’s widow Agnes remarried to Isaac Moore, and evidently the couple did not arrange for the education of James Chipman and his brother Thomas, who died in 1789 at the age of twenty, who was also illiterate. “An impotent Boy in one of his knees” means that James Chipman (who was 13 at the time of the codicil) had some defect or injury to a knee; it did not mean he was a cripple, incapable of any kind of future, as obviously Emerson himself expected James to make it to 21, an age not reached until some 8 years after the codicil was written. Whatever the exact nature of the ailment, it was not life-threatening.
Other than similarity of names, there is no evidence to support a contention that James son of Stephen and the James Chipman in the 1800 Sussex Co., DE census are the same person. It’s impossible. Frankly, were it not for the fact that the line has a common ancestor (Alice Freeman) with the late Diana Spencer, and a descent from five Mayflower passengers, I doubt anyone would give it a second look.
This is not a difficult identification to make. We know the Bledsoe Co. family was from Delaware, we know the father’s name was James Chipman, that he was illiterate (merchants had to read and write), that there is no evidence that he had any children older than George Chipman who was born ca. 1803, or that he or any of his children had any contact of any kind with any Chipmans then in KY.
James Chipman of Sussex Co., DE is listed in the 1800 U.S. census with a number of males in perfect age range for the KY Chipmans: Stephen Chipman, John C. Chipman, Perry Chipman, and James Chipman. If he is not the father of those men, their origin is a complete mystery: there is nobody else who could be their parent, and they are left with nothing. It is an absolute fact that these TN and KY Chipmans were from DE, and that their fathers were different men, both named James Chipman.
James Chipman of Scott Co., KY was listed as 26-45 (or b. between 1775—1794) in the 1820 U.S. census, and 40-50 (or b. between 1780—1790) in the 1830 U.S. census. As a practical matter, this rules him out as the son of Stephen Chipman anyway.
My grand-aunt (by marriage) Ruby (Bohannon) Chipman, wife of my grand-uncle Jewell Chipman, had a lively interest in family and family history. Jewell Chipman was a son of James Edward (known as simply “Ed” or “Poppa”)and Allie (Oxley) Chipman, and a brother of my grandfather, Beecher Edgar Chipman. James Edward Chipman’s daughter Pauline Aquilla Chipman married Carl Davis Page, and they were the grandparents of Larry Page, co-founder of “google.” There were also Winnie and Lawcie, and all of them were intelligent people. James Edward Chipman’s wife Allie died in the 1930s due to complications stemming from an automobile accident, and it was a great blow to the family.
I have a large collection of letters touching on family matters written by people who actually knew the individuals under discussion. I was fortunate to correspond with Gusta Ramsey Chipman, a daughter-in-law of James Washington Chipman (whom I mentioned above); a member of the Koonce family that James Edward Chipman’s sister Cynthia (Sinthy) married into, and who knew some of their Miller relatives.
And of course, Jewell’s wife Ruby:
“The new clipping you [Pauline Page] sent was quite interesting because when we attended Charley Chipman’s sisters funeral at Ripley Tenn when we were living at West Memphis we met some Drumwrights they are a part of Papa Chipmans [James Edward Chipman] family.
“Papa Chipmans mother was a Miller Cynthia and the Millers at Kennett and Cardwell are his relatives also the Wilborns at Senath and Cardwell but I do not know how the Wilborns are connected.* Charley Chipmans sister married Frank Miller and she was Mollie Chipman. She still lives at Kennett. While we were at W. Memphis we went to visit Jewell [Jewell Vester Chipman, son of James Edward Chipman] cousins at Ripley and and Memphis. They are Aunt Cynthia Koons or (Coons) Children: Duprie, Gertrude? And Mrs. Cecil B. Keltner 645 Pope. (This is Lily Mae Koons)”
{Letter, dated 12 October 1962, to Pauline Aquilla (Chipman) Page and Carl Davis Page.}
*The Wilborns were descendants of Deborah Chipman, dau. of John and Mary (Harris) Chipman, of Guilford Co., NC [no. 107-iii in “A Chipman Genealogy]:; she was born 3 November 1787, and married Moses Wilborn. Her father, John, was a first cousin to James Chipman of Bledsoe Co., TN; John’s father Paris Chipman was a son of James and Mary (Minor) Chipman.
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I prefer not to be contacted directly. I have had some bad experiences with online correspondents. However, I will add this comment: Don't make this more difficult than it really is. We must take care to present information honestly, but neurotic scruples knock the fun out of the hobby and add nothing to the discussion.