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Eliphaz Chapman (1747 - 1814)

Rev. Eliphaz Chapman
Born in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap
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Husband of — married 18 Aug 1772 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at age 66 in Bethel, Oxford, Mainemap
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Biography

Eliphaz Chapman was born in 1747. He was the son of Samuel Chapman (1706-1795) and Hannah York (1705-1760).

Eliphaz married Hannah Jackman in 1772. Their children were:

  1. Hannah Chapman 1773-1774
  2. Eliphaz Chapman Jr. 1775-1844
  3. Elizabeth Chapman 1777-1827 (m. Swan, died childless)
  4. Abigail Chapman 1778-1807 (m Walker)
  5. George Whitfield Chapman 1780-1875
  6. Timothy Chapman 1783-1871
  7. Samuel Chapman 1785-1827
  8. Edmund Chapman 1787-1868

He studied for the ministry under Moses Bradford of Methuen. He preached in Madbury and Methuen for about 15 years and owned a small farm in Methuen. (Madbury is in NH and Methuen just over the border in MA).

He relocated to Bethel, (now Maine) in 1789. He purchased a farm in Bethel on the north side of the river, where his son Timothy later lived. They were some of the earliest settlers in that community, and he is credited with giving it the name Bethel. He did not preach regularly at any church in Bethel, but occasionally filled pulpits in the surrounding community. He was chosen as the first representative from Bethel to the Massachusetts legislature in 1808. He worked as a Justice of the Peace.

He passed away in 1814, of consumption. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Bethel, Maine.

Research Notes

Various family trees and local histories record a first marriage to Sarah Hutchins, who died without children before he married Hannah Jackman in 1772. But no dates are given so this will need further research.

Sources

  • Find A Grave
  • Chapman Family History, Some descendents of Edward Chapman of Ipswich, MA, through the line of Joseph Chapman of Sanbornton, NH, and MI with collateral lines, Frederick R. Boyle (Certified Geneologist) and R. Austin Chapman, 2004; ISBN 0-9759151-0-X, p. 31
  • FamilySearch
  • History of Bethel, formerly Sudbury, Canada, Oxford county, Maine 1768-1890. (available on FS) p.207-209. Also p. 503.




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