Eliphaz Bradford Chapman (1822 - 1893)

Born 2 Mar 1822 in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Roxanna Austin (Jennings) Chapman — married 12 Mar 1848 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 19 Sep 1893 at age 71 in Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

Eliphaz was born in 1822. He was the son of Samuel Chapman and Desire Curtis.^[1]

He married Roxanna Austin Jennings (1822-1899) on 12 Mar 1848 in Essex, MA.^[2][3] They had five children:

Lucelia Elizabeth Chapman Fifield 1848-1904

Abbie A. Chapman Briggs 1850-1887

Charles E. Chapman 1851-1912

Irving Chapman 1855-1904

Timothy Chapman 1857-1922 ("Sims B. Chapman")

In 1850 they are recorded in Newry, Oxford, ME. Eliphaz is 27, a farmer, married to Roxana, 27, who was born in MA. Lucelia is 2 and Abbie is 8 months, both born in Maine, and there is also present a George (illegible, maybe McQueen? or H. G...?) age 6.

In 1855 they are recorded in Lawrence, Essex, MA. Eliphaz is a farmer, Charles was born in NH, and Irving, 3 mos., was born in MA.

They were in Newry, Oxford, ME again in 1860. E.B. Chapman was a farmer, and the four older children were attending school. In 1870 Timothy was the only child still at home.

He passed away in 1893 in New Hampshire, of cerebral apoplexy (stroke). He is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Essex, MA.

Research Notes

1880 census still needed... there is a record in Portland, Cumberland, ME for Eliphalet B. Chapman, a produce dealer, 57, married but living alone.

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3K-2Z9 : Fri Oct 06 10:33:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Eliphale B. Chapman, 1880.

But Eliphalet Chapman is another person, a distant cousin: (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L7YM-5R7)

Death record says he was widowed, but Roxanne lived a few more years?

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q5-7VK : 14 January 2020), Eliphaz Bradford Chapman, 1823.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4QG-LPJ : 9 November 2022), E. B. Chapman and R. A. Jennings, 1848.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCQ-RVW : 28 December 2022), E. B. Chapman, 1848.

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• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V9-RS5 : Fri Oct 06 15:40:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Eliphas B Chapman and Roxana A Chapman, 1850.
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4B-7Q5 : Fri Oct 06 13:45:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Elipha Chapman and Roxana A Chapman, 1855.
• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXC2-FPM : 1 December 2022), Eliphas B Chapman in entry for Sims B Chapman, 1857.
• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC4-SSL : Fri Oct 06 07:27:04 UTC 2023), Entry for E B Chapman and Roxanna Chapman, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D5-M9H : Tue Oct 03 06:23:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Eli Beresford Chapman and Roxanna Chapman, 1870.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCZ3-KNQ : 30 December 2022), E. B. in entry for Roscoe A. Fifield, 1872.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCK-QVR : 30 December 2022), Alphens B. in entry for Timothy P. Chapman, 1880.
• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH2M-SQ1 : 29 December 2022), Alpheus B. in entry for Timothy B. Chapman, 1880.
• "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLR-HH8 : Sun Oct 15 08:05:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Eliphaz P Chapman, 19 Sep 1893.
• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWLV-DQK : 13 December 2022), Eliphaz Chapman in entry for Lucelia E. Chapman Fifield, 1904.
• "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNK-MYY : 29 November 2023), Elephias Chapman in entry for Irving E. Chapman, 1904.
• "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSJJ-BY5 : Sun Oct 15 06:32:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Lucilia E. Fifield and E. B. Chapman, 11 Jun 1904.
• "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHN2-8PN : 29 November 2023), Eliphus B. Chapman in entry for Chas. E. Chapman, 1912.
• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFSP-2K3 : Thu Jan 04 17:54:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Thimothy B Chapman and Bradford Chapman, 02 Nov 1922.
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