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Ebenezer Chapman (1763 - 1850)

Ebenezer Chapman
Born in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 9 Nov 1784 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 87 in Hebron, Washington, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

Ebenezer was born in 1763 in Ashford, Connecticut Colony, the son of Throop Chapman Sr and Susannah Barney.[1]

His mother passed away in 1774. His father remarried and the family moved to Belchertown, Massachusetts.[2]

He served under Captain Frothingham in the Artillery at the age of 16 and reenlisted for three years in 1781.[3] He was a private in the Massachusetts 7th Regiment.

He married Lydia Wilson at Belchertown in 1784.[4] They had 9 children:

  • Joseph Chapman 1785–1868 • K4V7-1N5​​
  • Belinda Chapman 1785–1854 • LZZ7-CXW​​
  • John Chapman 1787–1850 • G38K-JSC​​
  • Phebe Chapman 1789–1889 • K8XT-R9Y​​
  • Elizabeth Chapman 1792–1890 • K86Y-TK2​​
  • Lydia Chapman 1793–Deceased • K48K-PKM​​
  • Spencer Chapman 1795–1861 • KT3S-WP4​​
  • Nancy Chapman 1797–1866 • G3DQ-PN4​​
  • George Chapman Sr 1803–1895 • KNWR-7YK

By 1800 they were living in Hebron, Washington County, New York State. Ebenezer spent his final years living with his youngest son George's family.[5] He passed away in 1850.

Burial

Old Belcher Yard, Belcher, Washington, New York

Sources

  1. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74F-Y38 : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Chapman, 1763.
  2. see timeline on Throop Chapman Sr
  3. Daughters of the American Revolution, pp189 and 312
  4. "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-8TK9 : 29 November 2018), Ebenezer Chapman and Lydia Wilson, 09 Nov 1784; citing Marriage, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, various town clerks and local churches, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 007580055.
  5. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRB-33H : 23 December 2020), Ebenezer Chapman in household of George Chapman, Hebron, Washington, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).




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