Anne (Day) Chapman (abt. 1655 - 1711)

Born about 1655 in London, Middlesex, England

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Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1711 at about age 56 in Isle of Wight, Virginia

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Ann Day was born in 1655 in London, England. ^[1]

Ann Day is mentioned in the will of James Day as his sister, and as it appears she was not a sister of his wife she was probably his own sister. ^[2]

1676 Marriage to Charles Chapman

On 6 December 1676 at Holy Trinity Minories, London, England she married Charles Chapman. ^[1]

Anne married Charles Chapman, who wa clerk of the County Court from 1696 to his death in 1710. ^[2]

Charles Chapman is the first of the name to be found in the Isle of Wight records, and is believed to have many descendants still living in the area.

In Deed Book 1, p28, a deed of March 9, 1693, conveys to Mr. Charles Chapman 200 acres of land for the importation of himself and Ann Day Chapman, his wife, and John and Charles, his sons, into this country, being legally proved in Court. Signed by Henry Applewhaite.

His name frequently occurs thereafter as attorney for various people and as witness on wills and other documents; he served as Clerk of the County Court from 1696 until his death in 1710.

In his will, dated Dec. 20, 1709, and recorded Feb. 26, 1710, he mentions son John, grandson Charles, friend Arthur Smith, and names son Joseph executor. (Will Book 2,p516).

The wife of Charles Chapman was Anne Day, daughter of Mary Bennett and her first husband, who is believed to have been John Day of London. Mary Bennett Day was a daughter of Edmund Bennett, and an account of this Bennett family is given in John Bennett Boddie's "17th Century Isle of Wight."

1711Death in Virginia

She died 26 February 1711 at Isle of Wight, Virginia^[1]

Children

Charles Chapman (died 1710) the first of the Chapman family to settle in Isle of Wight County, and his wife, Ann Day Chapman, had the following sons: ^[3]

1. John Chapman or John Chapman Sr — who inherited from his father his "Great Bible” which was in possession of N. W. Norsworthy as late as 1901. It is the German translation known as the "Old Breeches Bible" and in it John Chapman recorded the birth dates of several of his 10 children and other family information. John Chapman — married on Feb. l5, 1704, to Frances, daughter of Thomas Ward. ^[4] Their children and grandchildren were:
   1. Patience Chapman — married Moses Wills Feb. 15,1723.
      1. Mary Wills, born May 3,1725
      2. Ann Wills, born Nov 29, 1730.
   2. Benjamin Chapman — born Feb. 8,-1796 and baptized 10th day following; died Aug. 23,1723, in his 16th year.
   3. John Chapman (descendants • undetermined.)
   4. Charles Chapman (descendants undetermined.) ,
   5. Mary Chapman.
   6. Rachael Norsworthy Chapman — baptized Aug. 6, 1722; Mary Forbes and Wm. Norsworthy, witnesses.
   7. Joseph Chapman —born Nov. 13,1724; married Lydia.
      1. Sabra Chapman, born Sept. 22,1755.
         1. John Chapman, born Feb. 29,1763. Frances Ward Chapman died July 22, 1727, in the 39th year of her age. Chapman then married Mary Marshall, widow, and daughter of Thomas Bevan, by whom he had:
   8. William Chapman, born Dec.- 28,1729.
   9. Thomas Chapman.
   10. Elizabeth Chapman. The will of John Chapman, of the Lower Parish, dated Sept 10, 1738, and recorded Nov. 28, 1737, in Will Book 4, pl83, mentions daughter Patience. Wiles (Wills); to son John my Bath Seal, and requests him to care for his own brother Joseph; son Charles; daughter Mary; son Joseph; sons William and Thomas to live with their mothor until they are 14; wife Mary; daughter Elizabeth. Executors, wife Mary and son Charles Chapman. Witnesses: Charles Fulgham Jr. and Mary Bevan.
2. Charles Chapman — mentioned in the deed of 1693, but not in his father's will of 1710; may have died young,
3. Joseph Chapman — whose will was recorded (Will Book 3, p189) Dec.22, 1729, in which he mentions his wife Alice, leaves to his son Charles "land I bought of John Butler and John Rodaway; son-in-law John Applewhaite; and daughters Mary, Martha, Elizabeth and Alice. Some of the descendants of these two brothers — John and Joseph —will be traced in future articles. The will of Joseph Chapman was recorded Dec. 22, 1729 (WB 3, pl89) and mentions wife Alice, leaves to son Charles "the land I bought of John Butler and John Rodaway"; son-in-law John Applewhaite; daughters Mary, Martha, Elizabeth.^[5]
   1. Charles Chapman
   2. Mary Chapman
   3. Martha Chapman
   4. Elizabeth Chapman
   5. Alice Chapman

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:37LQ-YK5 : accessed 2015-03-08), entry for Ann Bennett /Day/.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Boddie, 279
3. ↑ Chapman Family. Smithfield reflections – Sig Dashiell and Chapman ~Foursquare Rd~ Cemetery Transcribed by members of the Grave Site Survey Task Force (GSSTF) Under the Auspices of Isle of Wight County Historical Society (IWCHS) Visited July 10, 2005
4. ↑ Boddie, 280
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L2JM-ZVR

Bibliography of Frequently Cited Works

• Boddie, John Bennett and Davis, Eliza Timberlake, Seventeenth century Isle of Wight County, Virginia : a history of the county of Isle of Wight, Virginia, during the seventeenth century, including abstracts of the county records, Chicago Law Printing Company: Chicago, 1938, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/377681/?offset=0#page=295&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Norsworthy Norsworthy] Accessed 10 October 2022).
• Taylor, Rupert (1935). The Parentage of James Day (Died 1700) and Wife Mary of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Genealogies of Virginia Families, pages 542-545, reprinted from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol XVI (1935), 239-242. Alternately, from The Parentage of James Day (died 1700) and wife Mary of isle of wight County, Virginia Baltimore: Clearfield Publishing Company, 2007, from Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981. Pages 542-545. Accessed February 16, 2023 jhd.
• Taylor, Rupert (1937). The Parentage of the First James Day of Isle of Wight County, His Wife, Mary, and the First Wife of Their Son James The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr., 1937), pp. 195-200 (6 pages). JSTOR paywall. Accessed 18 February 2024 [[Day-1904|jhd]