Thomas Handley Chipman (1756 - 1830)

Born 17 Jan 1756 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Huston) Chipman — married Sep 1776 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia

Husband of Jane (Harding) Chipman — married Oct 1786 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1830 at age 74 in Nictaux, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Thomas Handley Chipman, fourth son of Handley Chipman and Jane Allen, was born in Newport, Rhode Island, 17 Jan 1756; and died 11 Oct 1830. He lived at Annapolis, Nova Scotia and was pastor of the First Baptist Church there.^[1]

Thomas had moved with his father from Rhode Island to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia in May 1761. In 1790, Thomas settled on a farm in Annapolis County, and in 1807, moved to a lot in Nictaux on which a grandson lived.^[2]

Thomas married, first, Sep 1776, Mary, only daughter of John Huston of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia; second, Oct 1786, Jane Harding of Boston, Massachusetts; third 14 Sep 1820, Mary Briggs of Portland, Maine; fourth, Mary Dunn.^[1]

Handley Chipman wrote:^[3]

"The Eighth [child], my son Thomas Handley, was born January 17th, A. D. 1756, was also baptized by said Minister Vinal, his first wife was John Huston's Esq. Daughter by whom he had a Son and three daughters, all living. She dying, He is Married again to a Boston or Charlestown young woman whose name was Harding, by whom he has two sons and two daughters Living. He is turned Baptist and is their Minister in Annapolis. O may God bless him in it."

Rev. Chipman had four children by his first marriage, and six by the second.^[1]

Children of Thomas Handley Chipman and Mary Huston

1. Jane Chipman, born 20 Oct 1777; m. 1789, John Morse of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and they had 3 sons and 5 daughters
2. Margaret Chipman, b. 8 Sep 1779; m. 1822, George Troop of Annapolis
3. John Huston Chipman, b. 12 Jun 1781
4. Ann Chipman, b. 6 May 1784; m. 1801, Daniel Lovett of Annapolis, Nova Scotia and Beverly, Massachusetts

Children of Thomas Handley Chipman and Jane Harding

1. Thomas Harding Chipman, b. 19 Oct 1788
2. Helen Chipman, b, 17 Mar1791; m. 1814, William Randall of Annapolis, Nova Scotia
3. Mary Chipman, b. Jun 1793; m. 1815, George Fillis Fitch (1795-1876) of Wilmot, Nova Scotia
4. Joseph Wheelock Chipman, b. Jan 1795
5. Eliza Chipman Oct 1800; m. 1822 John Quirk of Annapolis, Nova Scotia
6. Samuel Lord Chipman, b. 29 Nov 1804; m. first, 25 Oct 1827, Mary, daughter of Robert Fitz Randolph; second, 2 Jan 1834, Annie, daughter of Ferdinand Shafner, and widow of Tomlinson; Samuel d. 28 Apr 1875

Timeline

All of the following were in Nova Scotia and stand recorded on the records of said town.^[4]

From Cornwallis Records:
1756 Jan 17:
"Thos. Handley son of said Handley [Chipman] and Jean was born Jan'y 17th Day A.D. 1756." Birth of Thomas Chipman; he was the son of Handley Chipman and Jane Allen

1778 May 08:
Death of sister, Rebecca Chipman in Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

1779 Mar 20:
Birth of brother, Zachariah Chipman in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1780 Dec 04:
Birth of brother, Major Chipman in Horton 35, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1784 Jun 28:
Birth of brother, Stephen Chipman in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1799 May 27:
Death of father, Handley Chipman in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1812 Jun 21:
Death of sister, Catherine Chipman in Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1830 Oct 11:
Death of Thomas Handley Chipman in Nictaux, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was 74 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Chipman, Alberto Lee. The Chipman family, a genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631-1920. B. L. Chipman. Winston, Salem, N.C. 1920. Rev. Thomas Handley Chipman, pp. 43-4
2. ↑ W. Calnek, Edited by A. W Savary, M.A. History of the County of Annapolis. 1897. Rev. Thomas Handley Chipman, pg. 490
3. ↑ Mrs. Arthur James Trethewey, A Chipman Family History New England Historical and Genealogical Register 91 (1937), 159-176, at 173. Images of Handley Chipman's family memoir are available in the Digital Collections of the Acadia University Library.
4. ↑ "Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-25489-29929-73?cc=1925428 : 21 May 2014), Kings > Cornwallis Square > Church of England in Canada St John > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1718-1911 > image 65 of 751; Catholic Church and Church of England parishes, Nova Scotia.

Acknowledgments

• Sara V Mosher
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