Margaret (Griswold) Chapman (1675 - abt. 1750)

Born 10 Dec 1675 in Killingworth, New London County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Chapman — married 6 Dec 1693 in Saybrook, CT

Descendants

Died about 21 Dec 1750 at about age 75 in Saybrook, New London County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Margaret Griswold was born 10 December 1675 in Killingworth, New London County, Connecticut Colony, to parents John Griswold and Mary Bemis.^[1][2][3]

Margaret married Samuel Chapman 6 December 1693 in Saybrook, New London County, Connecticut Colony.^[4]

Their children, all born in Saybrook, were:

1. Sarah Chapman, born 27 August 1694; p 30
2. Mary Chapman, born 26 December 1695; do
3. Margaret Chapman, born 6 April 1697; do
4. Samuel Chapman, born 10 June 1698; do
5. Martha Chapman, born 2 April 1700; do
6. Temperance Chapman, born 17 December 1701; p 31
7. Mehetabel Chapman, born 17 November 1705; p 30
8. Caleb Chapman, born 15 January 1707/8 p 27
9. Lucy Chapman, born 28 December 1709 p 30
10. Aaron Chapman, born 13 August 1713. p 27^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ John Griswold's will confirms that this Margaret was his daughter, referring to her as "Margaret Chapman." (Griswold, Glenn E.; The Griswold Family, England-America: Edward of Windsor, Connecticut; Matthew of Lyme, Connecticut; Michael of Wethersfield, Connecticut (Middleboro, Mass.; The Griswold Family Association of America, Inc.; 1935. Available through Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/griswoldfamily02gris/page/32/ Volume 2, pages 32-33.)
2. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Barbour Collection) [hereinafter Barbour Collection] (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Killingworth, page 41. Subscription site.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77V-G6B : 11 February 2018), Margaret Griswold, 10 Dec 1675; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
4. ↑ Barbour Collection, Volume: Saybrook, page 55. Subscription site.
5. ↑ Barbour Collection, pages 27, 30, 31. Subscription site.

See also:

• Chapman, F. W.; The Chapman Family: or the Descendants of Robert Chapman one of the First Settlers of Say-Brook, Conn. ... (Hartford; Case, Tiffany and Company, printers;1854.) Available through Internet Archive: page 70.

• Source: S-1771452072 Repository: #R-1792370603 Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls Note: APID: 1,2204::0

• father's gravestone in Killingsworth, CT Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 03 May 2019), memorial page for John Griswold (1 Aug 1652–3 Aug 1717), Find A Grave: Memorial #24270803, citing Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by SE Iowa Historian (contributor 46970903) .Gravestone picture - Margaret is mention in writeup with no death date