Mercy (Wentworth) Chapman (1686 - aft. 1771)

Born 18 Jul 1686 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Chapman — married 23 Apr 1707 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of William Chapman — married 19 Dec 1728 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died after 12 Jan 1771 after age 84 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Marcy, daughter of Paul and Katherine Wentworth, was born 18 July 1686 in probably Dover, New Hampshire or Newbury, Massachusetts,^[1] while her birth is recorded in Norwich, Connecticut,^[2] where her family, after several years in New London, settled. She was baptized 16 May 1697 in Rowley, Massachusetts.^[3]

An intention of marriage between Joseph Chapman (son of Simon of Ipswich) and Mercy Winworth of Rowley was published 5: 2m: 1707 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.^[4]

Joseph Chapman and Mercy Wintworth were married 23 April 1707 in Rowley.^[3][5]

The children of Mercy Wentworth and Joseph Chapman were:^[2]

• Joseph, born 5 April 1708.
• Mary, born 17 September 1709; died 3 June 1725.
• Moses, born 10 November 1711.
• Sarah, born 9 January 1713/14.
• Ezekiel, born 3 March 1715/16.
• Aaron, born 12 July 1718.
• Daniel, born 10 January 1720/21.
• Simeon, born 22 April 1723.

Joseph Chapman died in Norwich 10 June 1725. Caulkins and others wrongly assumed that the "mare Chapman" who d. 3 June 1725 was Joseph's wife while it was in fact their daughter Mary.^[6]

Mercy (Wentworth) Chapman married second, 19 December 1728 in Colchester, Connecticut, William Chapman.^[7][8][9]

Mercy (Wentworth) Chapman Chapman died some time after 12 January 1771 when William Chapman's estate is divided.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire Vol. V. Portland, ME: The Southworth Press, 1928. Page 737.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part I. Hartford: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913. Page 83.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Vol. I. Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1928. Pages 229, 424.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. II. Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1910. Page 461.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCS-P5S
6. ↑ Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 https://books.google.com/books?id=DlWDnPZo4K0C&pg=PA225 Page 225.
7. ↑ Taintor, Charles M. Extracts from the Records of Colchester. Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Company, 1864. Pages 96-7.
8. ↑ CandA
9. ↑ Ellsworth, Philip Chapman. Joseph Chapman of Norwich and Colchester, Connecticut - A Historical Reconciliation. October 1991. Page 6.
10. ↑ "Probate files collection, early to 1880". Catalog: Probate files collection, early to 1880 Probate packets - Chapman, W.-Cone, H., 1741-1880. Film number: 007626413 > image 6 of 1524. FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G92J-8Q34 (accessed 3 April 2023).

• Wentworth, John. The Wentworth Genealogy: English And American, Vol. I. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1878. Page 245 Has Mary, instead of Mercy Wentworth, marrying Joseph Chapman, and Mercy marrying a John Chapman (?) of Rowley. Page 154.

• Corrections and Additions to Published Genealogical Works. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1921) Vol. LII, Page 90. Correcting Caulkins' History of Norwich. The death date, 3 June 1725, is an error. She m. (2) William Chapman. Refers to a 23 May 1729 Norwich land record: "Whereas Mercy, the now widow of William Chapman, was formerly the wife of Joseph Chapman of Norwich, aforesaid, deceased, etc., etc." Little doubt "now wife" was intended, as William died in 1770 and named Mercy in his 1764 will.

• Chapman, F. W. (Frederick William). The Chapman family: or The descendants of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Say-brook, Conn., with genealogical notes of William Chapman, who settled in New London, Conn.; Edward Chapman, who settled at Windsor, Conn.; John Chapman, of Stonington, Conn.; and Rev. Benjamin Chapman, of Southington, Conn. Publication date. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1854 Page 268. Has Joseph Chapman, son of William, marrying Marcy _____.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W3-NL6 : 11 February 2018), Marcy Wintworth, 18 Jul 1686; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

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