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Uriah Chapman JP (1733 - 1816)

Uriah Chapman JP
Born in Norwich, New London, Connecticutmap
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Died at age 82 in Palmyra, Pike, Pennsylvaniamap
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School teacher, miller, innkeeper, Justice of the Peace.

Ancestor #: A020979

Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE Birth: 6-1-1733 NEW LONDON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT Death: 4-23-1816 PALMYRA TWP WAYNE CO PENNSYLVANIA Service Source: HOADLY, PUB RECS OF THE COLONY OF CT, 1772-1776, VOL 15, P 279; HOADLY, PUB RECS OF THE STATE OF CT, 1776-1781, VOL 3, P 10, 11 Service Description: 1) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, LITCHFIELD CO & WESTMORELAND CO

Uriah and Sibel Chapman followed the common practice of naming their children after close family or kinsmen. Their first child was named for Asa Chapman, a son of Simon Chapman of Norwich, Uriah’s uncle. Simon Chapmans son Asa was born June 29, 1752, and died on October 11, 1753, the same day that Uriah and Sibel Chapman’s fist child was born. A special bond appears to have existed between these two Chapman families, as shown by Uriah and Sibel naming their first son after his uncle’s deceased year year old son. The second child of Uriah and Sibel, Hannah, was named for her maternal grandmother, Hannah Parish Cook. The third and fourth children were Sybil and Uriah, Jr., obviously name for their parents.

Uriah and Sibel were residents of the East Society of Norwich, Connecticut, probably living near were Nathaniel and Hannah Cook, Sibel’s parents. East Society school cash receipt records show that Uriah was the Schoolmaster for the East Society in 1761, 1767, 1769, 1771, and 1773. He may have taught in 1763 and 1765.

In October 1772 Uriah and Sibel immigrated to Northwestern Pennsylvania at the Delaware Land Company side known as Lackaway. The Lackaway settlement was populated by many settlers from Preston, Connecticut, the home town of Sibel Parish, wife of Nathaniel Cook, an uncle and two cousins, also immigrated from Preston to the Lackaway settlement, and, with Uriah Chapman, were numbers among it original settlers.

In 1773, mlll irons were carried to Uriah Chapman from Minisink Township, Orange County, New York, and he established his mill on Wallenpaupack Creek, a tributary to the Delaware River.

In October 1776 Uriah Chapman was chosen as a Justice of the Peace, and held the appointment each year thereafter through 1780. Uriah was zealous in matters of religion and his house was a meeting place for the settlers for the Methodist Sabbath Service, read by one their number.

Beginning in 1776, Uriah Chapman’s three eldest sons was military service in the Revolutionary War. Asa Chapman served at different times with Connecticut militia stationed in the Pennsylvania/ New York area, achieving the rank of Sergeant and Lieutenant before his death in an Indian ambush at Hanover., Pennsylvania on July 4, 1782. Uriah Chapman, Jr., served as a private during the winter of 1776-1777 as a substitute for his brother, Asa. In August 1778 Uriah was severely wounded in an encounter with Indians, from which he carried a ball next to his spine for the rest of his life.

The Chapman family returned to Norwich, Connecticut from Northeastern Pennsylvania in the second half of 1778 or early 1779. The move was prompted by the dangers present from Tories and Indians after the July 3, 1778 Wilkes-Barre Massacre. They lived in a house in the East Society area, where Nathaniel Cook still resided. Uriah and Nathaniel Cook are listed together in an April 29, 1779 document of the East Society of Norwich as contributors of food to the Norwich Revolutionary War effort.

Uriah and Sibel continued to live in Norwich until about June 1782. Probably leaving soon after their son Moses was born.

Uriah Chapman maintained a tavern near the head of Blooming Grove Creek, which he appears to have established in the 1780s. The tavern was located at the crossroads of two roads traversing the area. The tavern was listed on 1798 Pennsylvania property tax roles for Palmyra Township. Assessed was one old log house, 30 by 10 ft. In dimension, having five window rows, each with six individual panes, a stable, and 348 acres of land. Sibel died in 1807, age 71.

On June 18, 1808 Uriah Chapman wrote his will naming his son Simeon executor. Uriah died on April 23, 1816 at age 82, and was buried next to his wife Sibel in the Paupack Cemetery, Pike County, Pennsylvania, which is located on part of their old farm.

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Will of Uriah Chapman

"In the Name of God Amen. I Uriah Chapman of Palmyra in the County of Wayne and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, yeoman, considering the uncertainty of life, and especially being of great age and subject to many bodily infirmities, tho' at present (God be thanked) in good health and sound mind and memory, think proper to make and ordain this to be my last will and testament. viz -
First I give and resign my soul to God who gave it and my body to the Earth from whence it came in hope of a glorious resurrection to everlasting life in the world to come. And [I give] this temporal property which I may die possessed of as follows, (Having given to my four oldest sons, Uriah, Simeon, William and Roswell such improvements of land as I have been able to spare, as a home [I am] expecting to live with my youngest son Moses).
I give and bequeath unto him, my said son Moses the lot whereon I now live as a home, thru the wood lot on the mountain with all and singular the apurteneses, except what is hereafter otherwise disposed of as follows:
I considering my daughter Jane to be lame and unable to get support as the rest of my daughters, do give unto her, to improve her lifetime or while she lives unmarried, the part of my home lot as follows: Beginning at the south west corner of the barnyard and running northerly through the orchard so as to take five rows of apple trees, and then through the old field (so called) to Phineas Lester's land so as to divide the said old field into two equal parts, and thence by said Lester's southerly to the road, and by the road to the place of beginning.
Also I give my said daughter Jane the bedroom in the south west corner of the dwelling house while she lives unmarried, and all the household furniture commonly called hers, with the side saddle that was her mothers, with two milk cows to be her own forever, provided she does not have [possess] the cows in my lifetime.
I give my son Moses my farming utensils and a yoke of oxen if I should die possessed of any, and the rest of my cattle to be equally divided between my sons Simeon, William and Roswell, without my wearing apparel. My small trunk with my saddle I give to William, and my silver buckles to Simeon. I give my daughter Sally Killam my bed and furniture, unless there should be spare covering which I give Polly [Mary]. I desire my executor to give my daughter Polly Snyder out of my stock before [it] is divided ten dollars - with the trunk that was her mother's.
I hereby constitute and appoint my son Simeon to be my executor to this my last will and testament, by which I disannul all former wills whatsoever. Witness my hand and seal this eighteenth day of June A.D. 1808.
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Robert I, King of France, d. 923 m. Aelis
  • 2] ______of France m. Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, son of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois; son of Pepin, Lord of Peronne and St. Quentin, Count near Paris; son of Bernard, King of Italy, d. 818; son of Pepin, King of Italy; son of Charlemagne, d. 814, m. Hildegardis, of Kraichgau
  • 3] Robert, Count of Meaux & Troyes m. Adelaide, of Burgundy
  • 4] Adela, of Vermandois, m. Geoffrey, Count of Anjou
  • 5] Emmergarde, of Anjou, m. Conan I, Duke of Brittany
  • 6] Judith, of Brittany, m. Richard II, Duke of Normandy
  • 7] Robert I, Duke of Normandy, by Herleve, his mistress
  • 8] Duchess Adelaide, of Normandy, m 2) Lambert of Lens
  • 9] Countess Judith, of Lens, m. Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon
  • 10] Countess Maud, of Huntingdon m. 1) Simon StLiz 2) David 'The Saint' King of Scots
  • 11] by 2) Prince Henry of Huntingdon m. Ada de Warenne
  • 12] William 'The Lion', King of Scots, d. 1214, by mistress _____ d'Avenel
  • 13] Isabel, of Scotland, m. Sir Robert de Ros, Magna Carta Surety
  • 14] Sir Robert de Ros, of Wark m. _____ ‡ Sir William de Ros m. Lucy FitzPier
  • 15] Robert de Ros, of Wark m. Margaret de Bruce ‡ Sir Robert de Ros m. Isabel d'Aubigny
  • 16] Robert de Ros, of Wark m. Laura ‡ Isabel de Ros m. Sir Walter Fauconberge
  • 17] Margaret de Ros m. John Salvayn ‡ Sir John Fauconberge m. Eve Bulmer
  • 18] Sir Gerard Salvayn m. Agnes Mauleverer ‡ Sir Walter Fauconberge m. Maud Pateshull
  • 19] John Salvayn m. ______ ‡ Sir Roger Fauconberge m. Margaret D'Arcy
  • 20] Sir Gerard Salvayn m. Alice ‡ Sir Walter Fauconberge m. Maud Greystoke
  • 21] Muriel Salvayn m. Sir Gerard Sotehill: father of: ‡ Gerard Sotehill, Esq. m. Isabel Fauconberge
  • 22] Richard Sotehill, Gent..m. Agnes
  • 23 Isabel Sotehill m. Oliver Wentworth, Gent.
  • 24] William Wentworth m. Ellen Grilby
  • 25] Christopher Wentworth, Gent. m. Katherine Marbury
  • 26] William Wentworth m. Susanna Carter
  • 27] William Wentworth 'The Elder' m. 1_____ 2 Elizabeth Knight
  • 28] Paul Wentworth m. Catherine
  • 29] Mary Wentworth m. Joseph Chapman
  • 30] Moses Chapman m. Sarah
  • 32] Uriah Chapman J.P. m. Sibel Cook
  • 11] by 1) Lady Maud StLiz m. 1) Robert FitzRichard, de Clare
  • 12] Maud StLiz m. Sir William d'Aubigny
  • 13] Sir William d'Aubigny, Surety, m. Margaret Umfraville
  • 14] Sir William d'Aubigny m. Isabel
  • 15] Isabel d'Aubigny m. Sir Robert de Ros, line 15, above
  • 11] Lady Maud St Liz m. 2) Saher I de Quincy
  • 12] Alice St Liz m. Sir Roger FitzWilliam
  • 13] Sir William de Huntingfield, Surety m. Isabel FitzRoger ‡ Sir Richard de Clare, Surety m. Amice of Gloucester
  • 14] Alice de Huntingfield m. Hugh le Rus ‡ Maud de Clare m. Sir William de Brewes
  • 15] Sir William le Rus m. Agatha de Clare ‡ Sir John de Brewes m. Margaret verch Llywelyn
  • 16] Alice le Rus m. Sir Richard de Brewes
  • 17] Sir Giles de Brewes m. Joan de Beaumont
  • 18] Sir John de Brewes m. Eva de Ufford
  • 19] Sir John de Brewes m. 1) Joan de Shardelow
  • 20] Margaret de Brewes m. Sir Thomas Hawley ‡ Sir Walter Blount m. Doña Sancha de Ayala
  • 21] John Hawley m. ___ Maddison ‡ Sir Thomas Blount m. Margaret Gresley
  • 22] Agnes Hawley m. Sir Thomas Blount
  • 23] Ann Blount m. William Marbury, Esq.
  • 24] Robert Marbury, Esq. m. Katherine Williamson
  • 25] William Marbury, Esq. m. Agnes Lenton
  • 26] Katherine Marbury m. Christopher Wentworth, line 25, above

The FitzWilliam /Cromwell descent of William Wentworth has been disproved and the note is found in: Royal Ancestry of 900 Immigrants to the New World, Gary Boyd Roberts, Vol. 1, p. 709. The Magna Carta and royal ancestry from William 'The Lion' King of Scots ancestry is found therein, and also in The American Genealogist, Nathaniel Lane Taylor, Editor; Terry J. Booth, Paul C. Reed

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Uriah's wife, Sibel Cook, is also a descendant of Maud of Huntingdon through Thomas Lawrence, of St Albans. Thus, she and Uriah are very distant cousins, too.

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History of Pike County, Pennsylvania

From the far away New England, Through the forest wild to roam, Came a band of sturdy people Seeking for themselves a home. Down the grand and beauteous Hudson With its lively banks of green, And its swiftly flowing current, Our own grand and noble stream.

From Poughkeepsie stiking westward Through the valley, n'or the hill, Often weary with their journey But pressing onward with a will. They had heard of a fair valley Which was known as Minisink, And they would not pause until they Sat their feet upon the brink.

And the Indian tribes were hostile, And the trader Brant was there, Sorrow, trouble, death was near them, Heavy was their head of care. And they said, "there is a river Which is known as the Paupack, And along its shady border Of rich land there is no lack.

"If we could but reach that river With its natural meadow land, We indeed would then be happy And would reast our tired band." And they started, ever westward, Kept their course o'er vale and hill, Thill they saw the falls of paupack And the sight their bosoms fill.

With thoughts, sublime and tender As they stand and gaze awhile, They they follow up the river Many a long and weary mile. And at last they reach the flat land With its tender, waving grass, And they settled near the river-- They had found a home at last.

And they built a fort for safety, For their wives and children dear, While around them every evening Howling wolves are very near. And they toil on, nobly bearing Summer's sun and winter's snow, That their loved ones may have plenty As adown life's path they go.

And the name of the old settlers On the Paupack thus appear, Enos Woodward and his family, Wife and sons so very dear. Zadock, John and Ephraim Killam, Zebulon Parish and old Amos Park, And their three kind neighbors, J. Edwards, D. Gates and Roger Clark.

Nathaniel Gate and Joshua Varnum, Old Uriah Chapman, and another Neighbor of his, named Reuben Jones, Jacob and Walter Kimble and their brother Able Kimble. Then Isaac Parish and Elias Varnum, men of mind If not of money. Hezekiah Bingham And John Pellet, neighbors very kind.

Then the Washburns, Nat and Joe, With John Ansley, man of worth, Silas Park and old William Pellet, Better men have never had birth. Thus they lived in peace and quiet, Raised their families, tilled the soil, And enjoyed their home life greatly, Though they led a life of toil.

And the present generation Kinkly think of these old men, Who cleared land and founded homesteads Along the Paupack river, when Naught but forests were around them, Indians foes were very near, And upon their graves so lonely Kindly do we drop a tear.

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