Edward Chapman (1646 - 1675)

Born 1646 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Fox) Cross — married about 1660 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Dec 1675 at about age 29 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Edward Chapman was killed in action in King Philip's War.

Biography

Edward Chapman, according to Dawes Gates Ancestral Lines by Ferris, was first found in the New England Colonies at Windsor, Connecticut about 1662. Ferris further states that it is proved that he came from England by a church record in which this statement is made, "Edward Chapman married Elizabeth Fox in Ingland."^[1][2]It is probably that the marriage took place as early as 1660.^[2][1]He was sued for a debt on March 5, 1662, so he must have been living in New England prior to that date.^[2][1]

Freeman's Oath

Edward took the freeman's oath on May 9, 1667. His name appears on a list compiled October 11, 1699 of all the freeman that live within the limits of Windsor.^[2][1]

King Philip's War

In 1675 there was an uprising among the Native Indians, later known as King Philip's War.^[1]A call went out for men from the towns of the region to "be in readiness upon an hower's warning for a march, whoe are to have their armes well fixed and fitted for seruice."^[1] Edward was one of those who served, being called a "Trooper." Trooper refers to a man on horseback.^[3]

He gave his life in the Great Swamp Fight and it is thus recorded in the Windsor Town Records:

"Here I set down the Deaths of Several parsons that were against the Indians, and were wounded that they dyed, it was on the 19th: of December 1675, . . .Edward Chapman. . ."^[1]This battle was at North Kingston, Rhode Island, in which six captains and one hundred fifty men of the colonial forces were killed or mortally wounded.^[1]

Death

He left a widow and six young children, the oldest was twelve years of age, following his death at the Narragansett Great Swamp Fight in King Philip's War on December 19, 1675.^[2]

An inventory of Edward's estate was taken in February 1676 and presented on March 2, showing a valuation of 184 pounds - all personal property. It also listed his children and their ages.^[2] His widow, Elizabeth (Fox) Chapman was made administratrix. On June 19, 1677 Elizabeth conveyed to two trustees all the estate of Edward Chapman to be held by them in trust for her children, reserving for herself the use of the property until they were of age.^[2][1]

Less than one month later she married 2nd Samuel Cross, who died November 5, 1707.^[2][1]

children of Edward Chapman and his wife Elizabeth all born at Windsor:

1. Henry was born July 4, 1663. He married Hannah Grant on May 11, 1692. He died December 22, 1713
2. Mary was born August 23, 1664 and died June 30, 1665
3. Mary (2nd) was born October 27, 1665. She died unmarried on May 7, 1686. [Death record not found in Barbour. Is probably the Mary Chapman who married Benjamin Crane, 12 May 1686.]
4. Elizabeth was born January 15, 1667. On December 11, 1684 she married Joseph Strickland
5. Simon was born April 30, 1669. He married a woman named Sarah. He died October 12, 1749
6. Hannah was born May 3, 1671. On October 29, 1690 she married Matthew Grant. She died December 28, 1752
7. Margaret was born March 7, 1672. On May 10, 1693 she married Samuel Beaman at Simsbury. She died August 18, 1752 at Wintonbury.
8. Sarah was born My 24, 1675

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Starr, F. F., Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut. (Hartford Connecticut) 1915. Vol. I, pp 155-162
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Ferris, Mary Dalton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. Volume II, Gates and Allied Families. (Privately Printed) 1931. pp 181-183
3. ↑ Bodge, George Madison. , Soldiers in King Philip's War, being a Critical Account of that War with A Concise History of the Indian Wars of New England from 1620 - 1677 (Printed for the Author, Leominster, Massachusetts )1896. p. 468

• Ferris, Mary Dalton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. Volume II, Gates and Allied Families. (Privately Printed) 1931. pp 181-183 [1]

• Starr, F. F., Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut. (Hartford Connecticut) 1915. Vol. I, pp 155-162 [2]

• Bodge, George Madison. , Soldiers in King Philip's War, being a Critical Account of that War with A Concise History of the Indian Wars of New England from 1620 - 1677 (Printed for the Author, Leominster, Massachusetts )1896. p. 468 [3]

• Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898) Page 28