John Chipman (abt. 1621 - 1708)

Born about 1621 in Bryants Puddle, Dorset, England

Husband of Hope (Howland) Chipman — married about 13 Sep 1646 (to 8 Jan 1683) in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Ruth (Sargent) Chipman — married 25 Oct 1684 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1708 at about age 87 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Hale Chipman was born about 1621 in Brinspittal, Dorset, England, son of Thomas Chipman. He was baptized at Brinspittal^[1] on 30 Aug 1621. John died on 7 Apr 1708 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[2] He is buried at the Old Burial Ground in Sandwich.^[3]

Bert Lee Chipman writes of John in his Chipman Genealogy, "Always brotherless and early left fatherless, he sailed from Barnstable, Devon County, England, in May 1631, in the ship Friendship, arriving in Boston, July 14, 1631. [Per Anderson, 1637] John Chipman was the first and only one of the name to seek a home in America, and up to 1850 there was no Chipman in this country who was not descended from him.”^[4]

John was a selectman, then in Plymouth Colony he was given the authority of a magistrate and was often a "Deputy to Court." He and three assistants were assigned to frequent the early Quaker meetings and "endeavor to reduce them from the error of their wayes."^[4]

By 1637 John had moved to Barnstable.^[5] He was apprenticed as a carpenter by trade and was also called yeoman in land records.

John married twice. About 1645 or 1646 he married his first wife, Hope Howland. She was the daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, who met while passengers on the Mayflower.^[6] John and Hope Chipman were parents of twelve children.^[6] Hope became a member of the church at Barnstable 7 Aug 1650, followed by John 30 Jun 1653. Henry Cobb and John Chipman were chosen to be ruling elders of the church 14 Apr 1670.^[4]

Hope Howland was born in Plymouth Colony about 1629.^[7] She died, age 53, on 8 Jan 1683^[8] and was buried 9 Jan at Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable.^[9]

A settlement of his daughter's husband, John Huckings' estate between Hope, the children, and Elder John Chipman and Thomas Huckings was approved by the court on 7 March 1678/79.^[10]

In a memoir Handley Chipman wrote five and six years before his death in 1799, he stated that his grandfather was John Chipman who married a daughter of Mr. Howland, and settled at Barnstable. He wrote that his grandfather was an Elder in Minister Russel's Congregational Church in Barnstable. He also said that his grandfather "removed and lived in said Sandwich the latter part of his day." He died at age 88, and had, or left 10 children.^[11]

Children of John Chipman and Hope Howland

The following are children of John and Hope (Howland) Chipman:^[4][2][6]

1. Elizabeth Chipman (24 Jun 1647-aft Feb 1711/2)^[12]
2. Unknown Chipman, daughter, b. 9 Sep 1650; d. 9 Sep 1650^[13]
3. Hope Chipman (31 Aug 1652-26 Jul 1728)^[14]
4. Lydia Chipman (25 Dec 1654-2 Mar 1730/1)^[14]
5. John Chipman (Died young) (2 Mar 1656/7-29 May 1657)^[14][15]
6. Hannah Chipman (14 Jan 1657/8-4 Nov 1696)^[14]
7. Samuel Chipman (15 Apr 1661-17 Jun 1723)^[14]
8. Ruth Chipman (31 Dec 1663-8 Apr 1698)^[14]
9. Bethiah Chipman (1 Jul 1666-12 Nov 1702)^[14]
10. Mercy Chipman (6 Feb 1667/8-12 Jun 1724)^[14]
11. John Chipman (3 Mar 1670-4 Jan 1756)^[14]
12. Desire Chipman (26 Feb 1672-28 Mar 1705)^[14]

After John's first wife, Hope Howland, died in 1683, he married widow Ruth Sargent Winslow in 1684. They had no children.^[4] They lived at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.^[6] John Chipman passed away 7 Apr 1708 ^[4][6] and is buried at Sandwich Cemetery.^[3]

John and Ruth Chipman are buried next to each other in the old cemetery in Sandwich, Massachusetts. His stone reads: "Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Elder John Chipman aged 88 years died April ye 7th 1708" and hers reads: "Here Lyes Buried The Body of Mrs Ruth Chipman Aged 71 Years Died October ye 4th 1713"^[16]

John Chipman's will, dated 12 Nov 1702, proved 17 May 1708, mentions his wife Ruth; children Samuel, John, Elizabeth, Hope, Lydia, Hannah, Ruth, Bethiah, Mercy and Desire; grandchildren Mary Gale and Jabez Dimock; and his friend Mr. (Rev.) Jonathan Russell.^[4]

Research Notes

Alternate spelling for Chipman: Chyipsman. Not related to John Chaffin.

It is unclear who John's mother was. ^[5][17]

Wife's maiden name

Some sources show that the wife of Thomas had the maiden name of Derby.^[4] She could have been Ann Derby or Patience Derby, who were sisters of John Derby. John Derby was John Chipman's cousin and held his apprenticeship papers.^[5]

Alternative Birth Date

Two sources state John Chipman was born about 1614. However, Find a Grave has a photo of his headstone that says he died age 88 in 1708, which puts his DOB about 1621.^[18][3] A specific date of 3 Jun 1621 is unsourced.

Sources

1. ↑ 'Brinspittal is a `phonetic' corruption of `Briantspuddle', a small hamlet in Dorset, Dictionary of English Place names. The name seems to have been in the Doomsday Book under the `general' name of Pidele which is translated as being `an estate on the River (in this case, a lesser Trent) and from 1452, this particular one was owned by a man called Brian. It is located approx. midway between Dorchester and Poole and lies a little south of the A35 main road. Nearest town is Bere Regis but the famous `Tolpuddle (another :extraction of Pidele) is about 2- 3 miles NW.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Pane-Joyce Genealogy. Family of John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley : accessed 26 Jan 2018, 2 May 2020.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Elder John Chipman Find A Grave: Memorial #16584028.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Chipman, Bert Lee. The Chipman Family, a genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631-1920. Bert L. Chipman, Publisher. Winston-Salem, N.C. 1920. pp. 13-14.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Oatis. Barnstable Families pp. 155-6.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Shaw. Families of the Pilgrims, pp. 6, 12-13.
7. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: immigrants to New England 1620-1633. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995, Three volumes.
8. ↑ Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records. Mayflower Descendant, George Ernest Bowman.
9. ↑ Hope Howland Chipman Find A Grave: Memorial #16878918.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V3V9 : 14 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 482 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
11. ↑ Acadia University : Chipman, Handley. Memoir. 1793-1794. Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Property of (?) Chipman 1854. Chipman, Handley, p 6 (hand numbered).
12. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., M.D. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England. William White. Boston. 1857. pg. 4. — "1647. Plymouth Register of Births." Elizabeth Chipman, the daughter of John Chipman, was born on the 24 of June.
13. ↑ Waters, Henry F. (Henry Fritz-Gilbert). Genealogical gleanings in England. “The New England historical and genealogical register.” [Boston, etc., New England Historic Genealogical Society], 1847.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9} Massachusetts Vital Records: Barnstable Births Chipman
15. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records: Barnstable Deaths Chipman
16. ↑ "Miscellaneous Death Records" The Mayflower Descendant (1922) 24 p 129 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12761/129/0 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)]
17. ↑ White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 3, p. 29.
18. ↑ Swain, William Chester. Swain and Allied Families (Swain & Tate Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1896) Page 58.

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See also:

• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Author: Hatcher, Patricia Law Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.
• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985). Vol 1, Page 311. View with NEHGS subscription.
• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Vol 2, Page 137, in Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, Ancestry.com, online publication.
• Project Gutenberg's The Loyalists of Massachusetts, by James H. Stark

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license Title: The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, Author: James H. Stark, Release Date: March 31, 2012, [EBook #39316], Language: English, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39316 Page 434-450

• Chipman, Alberto Lee. Chipmans in Maine, A Genealogy (A.L. Chipman, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 1897) Page 8-9, archive.org (accessed 22 April 2023)

Acknowledgements

• Sara V Mosher