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Elizabeth (Clark) Chapman (abt. 1735 - abt. 1771)

Elizabeth Chapman formerly Clark
Born about in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 4 Oct 1751 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 35 in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap [uncertain]
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Biography

Elizabeth Clark was born year unknown, probably in Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony[1], the daughter of parents unknown. She married Caleb Chapman [Jr], both of East Haddam, 4 October 1751.[2]

Their children were:

  1. Asa, born 12 February 1753. Barbour, page 42.
  2. Samuel, born 12 January 1755. Barbour, page 47.
  3. Reuben, born 10 November 1757. Barbour, page 46.
  4. Caleb, born 29 August 1759. Barbour, page 42.
  5. Zachariah, born 29 [sic.] February 1761. Barbour, page 48. (1761 was not a leap year; there was no February 29 in that year.)
  6. Lydia, born 11 January 1763. Barbour, page 45.
  7. Oliver, born 15 February 1765. Barbour, page 46.
  8. Olive, born 10 July 1766. Barbour, page 46.
  • The following children, shown in F. W. Chapman's ...Descendants of Robert Chapman..., do not appear in the town records of East Haddam, although he cites that as their birthplace.[3]
  1. Anne, born 1768 (no month or day given)
  2. Elizabeth, born 1770 (no month or day given)
  3. Miriam, born December 1773 (no day given)
  4. Elijah, born 19 September 1775. His birth does not appear in the East Haddam town record; but there is a transcript of a baptismal record reading "Aug. 23, 1778. Caleb Chapmans child was baptized by name Elijah."[4] This is probably the child Elijah, but there is no direct confirmation

"Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman, wife of Mr. Caleb Chapman, died February 28, 1771, aged 42 years," and is buried in Moodus Cemetery, in Moodus, Middlesex County, Connecticut.[5][6] However, there may be some question of her date of death, which has not been found in a town record, and only appears from her gravestone. See note below.

NOTE RE DEATH DATE. Elizabeth's death year of 1771 is taken from the inscription transcribed circa 1926, appearing in the NEHGR cited in the footnotes. In the Find A Grave photo (by "Irma") of her gravestone, an examination the last digit of the year clearly is identical to the leading "1" in the year 1771. That date of death is inconsistent with the births of her last two children, Miriam and Elijah, as listed by Rev. Chapman. It should be noted that her the births of her four youngest children , as given by Rev. Chapman, were not recorded in any published Connecticut vital records. This is a problem beyond the scope of this writer at this time.

Marriage to Caleb Chapman Jr. October 4th, 1751

Sources

  1. East Haddam was not created from Haddam until 1734, and Middlesex County, where East Haddam is located now was not created until 1785.
  2. "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870" (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: East Haddam, page 50. See record at transcription site. In the Biography text above, reference is to Barbour, followed by the page number.
  3. Chapman, Frederick William; The Chapman Family: or The Descendants of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Say-brook, Conn. ... (Hartford; Case, Tiffany and Co.; 1854); available through Internet Archive: Robert Chapman Descendants, page 115.
  4. East Haddam, CT: Records of the First Congregational Church, 1704-1802 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018), (Typescript transcription, transcriber unknown. "Records of the First Congregational Church at East Haddam, Connecticut, 1704–1802," no date.) Record at subscription site.
  5. Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 80 (1926), page 420. Subscription site.
  6. ‘’Find A Grave’’, indexed database, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 September 2018), Memorial for Caleb Chapman (1732-1805) Find A Grave: Memorial #22690419 with gravestone image ("Irma", photographer).


  • Marriage records: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Birth records: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.





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Clark-72952 and Clark-18539 appear to represent the same person because: same name and spouse
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