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CHILDREN .- 103. Hector, 1818; d. July 12, 1827; child, b. 1822; d. Jan. 4, 1826; child, b. 1824; d. Dec. 28, 1825; 104. Nancy, bap. Ang. 3, 1827.
75. LAURA A. (Beadle).
LAURA A. HIGGINS, daughter of Janette (56), b. Aug. 31, 1828; m. April 2, 1852, Joseph B. Beadle. Mr. Beadle is the agent of the Meriden Britannia Company in New York city, and has his residence in Montclair, N. J., where he is a prominent member of the Congrega- tional church.
CHILDREN .- 105. Emma; 106. Charles; 107. John; 108. Nellie W.
76. JANETTE C. (Smith).
JANETTE C. HIGGINS, daughter of Janette (56), b. Jan. 31, 1830; m. April 24, 1850, Henry D. Smith. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Yale College; has taught in Southington and Meriden; and since 1850 has been engaged in manufacturing. He is at the head of the H. D. Smith & Co. manufacturing establishment. ,
CHILDREN .- 109. William R., b. March 26, 1851; 110. Charles D., b. Feb. 19, 1855; 111. Louise J., b. Nov. 21, 1859; 112. Lucy Emma, b. Nov. 27, 1864; 113. Hattie A., 6. Nov. 25, 1867; 114. Edward T., 6. July 3, 1871.
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77. Lucius H. (Higgins).
LUCIUS H. HIGGINS, son of Janette (56), b. July 4, 1832; m. Sept. 4, 1861, Louise Y. Blakesley. He graduated at Yale College in 1860, and at the Divinity School in 1863. He was a stated supply at South Coventry and Killingworth, Conn., and ordained at Lanark, Ill., June 21, 1866. (See sketch.)
CHILDREN .- 115. Edward A .; 116. Jennette C .; 117. Henry D .; 118. Mary E .; 119. Infant daughter.
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CHAPMAN.
Rev. BENJAMIN CHAPMAN was the second pastor of the Congrega- tional church of this town. All attempts to fix the time and place of his birth have proved unavailing (see Hist., pp. 97-9). A grand- daughter remembers hearing her father say that an " Uncle Samuel" (brother to Rev. Benjamin) used to visit them at Southington, and that he lived somewhere east of the Connecticut river. Capt. S. S. Wood- ruff remembers hearing his grandfather speak of Mr. Chapman's family beyond the river, and apparently not farther off than Haddam. An- other fact seems to appear, that is, that he was early in life left with- out a father, and that he had property in his own right. From his youth his associations were in the western part of the State, and tradi- tion says that he was in some way under the care of Dr. Bellamy. He went to the College of New Jersey with two companions, Noah Wad- hams and Benajah Roots, both of whom were from Litchfield County. With them, he was licensed to preach. His marriage was at Derby. He had friends, and evidently lived for a time at Fairfield. He also held some landed property in the western part of the State, for once a year he visited there to look after it. Putting all facts, and traditions, and conjectures together, it seems likely that he may have been of the family of Samuel Chapman (see Chapman Gen., p. 269), who left Colchester and settled in Sharon. He had a son Samuel, born in 1726, which corresponds with the facts of the Samuel who visited him (Rev. Benjamin), who was born about 1721, according to his tombstone and the church records. There seems to be evidence that this Samuel removed back to Colchester, or to the vicinity of Haddam. A more careful search among town records may yet bring the matter to light, but it is doubtful. All the churches of a date before 1750 in their origin have been communicated1 with, and his name appears on none, either as baptized or admitted to membership. The only hope remains in finding his birth on a town record. He married Abigail Riggs, of Derby, whose mother was also named Abigail, as is seen from the fol-
1 The writer has sent at least one hundred letters of inquiry for this particular fact.
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lowing extract from Farmington town records, of date Oct. 19, 1770: " Abigail Riggs, of Derby, for the love she bears to her daughters, Abigail R. Chapman, of Farmington, Mary (or Mercy) Hawkins, and Elizabeth Yale (wife of Thomas). of Derby," gives "land lying in Derby, Waterbury, and Willington, or in any other town in the Colony, to be equally divided." Mr. Chapman is supposed to have given his son Samuel the farm he occupied in Blandford, Mass.
Rev. BENJAMIN CHAPMAN, b. about 1724; m. Jan. 8, 1756, Abigail Riggs, of Derby; d. June 22, 1786, aged 61 says Mr. Robinson's church record, but the tombstone has it 60. He was buried on Burying- ground Hill. His wife died insane, the cause of which was the treat- ment her husband received at the hands of the Society and church. She was a woman of education and refinement, but of a very sensitive, retiring nature.
CHILDREN .- 1. Abigail, b. Oct. 10, 1756; d. Oct. 15, 1776; 2. Roswell Riggs, b. Feb. 14, 1758; d. Sept. 5, 1776,-see War Record; 3. Sarah, b. May 17, 1759; d. Jan. 10, 1804,- supposed to have been betrothed to Oliver Lewis, a graduate of Yale 1780, and who died 1784; 4. Clarissa, b. Nov. 22, 1761; m. Oct. 24, 1790, Russel Atwater, of Cheshire; 5. Ben- jamin, b. Feb. 26, 1763; m. (1) Nov. 23, 1786, Polly Cook, who d. July 2, 1789; (2) Sept. 25, 1792, Sylvia Upson; 6. l'armela, b. Nov. 7, 1764; m., 1797, Russel Falley, of Mont- gomery, Mass .; d. 1873; 7. Samuel, b. June 22, 1766; m. Hannah Ferguson, Blandford, Mass .; d. Dec. 30, 1850; 8. Levi, b. Oct. 30, 1768; m. Nov. 11, 1790, Mercy Carter; d. Nov. 8, 1834.
-1. CLARISSA.
C'LARISSA CHAPMAN, daughter of Rev. Benjamin, b. Nov. 22, 1761; m. Oct. 24, 1790, Russell Atwater, of Cheshire, son of Renben and Sarah (Hall) Atwater, who was born June 20, 1762. They removed to Blandford, Mass.
CHILDREN .- 9. Phineas, b. Nov. 10, 1791; 10. Merab, b. April 28, 1793; d. March 19, 1794; 11. Russell, b. Jan. 8, 1795; d. Dec. 22, 1823; 12. Frederick, b. Nov. 6, 1796; d. Nov. 3, 1827; 13. Henry S., b. Sept. 21, 1798; Thomas, b. Sept. 21, 1798-twins; 14. Myra.
5. BENJAMIN.
BENJAMIN CHAPMAN, son of Rev. Benjamin, b. Feb. 26, 1763; m. (1) Nov. 23, 1786, Polly Cook, who died July 2, 1789, aged 20; (2) Sept. 25, 1792, Sylvia Upson, who died March 7, 1823. Mr. Chapman lived at Blandford, Mass., and removed to Worthington, Ohio, where he died March 7, 1824. He served six months, at least, in the Revolu- tionary War, and probably longer. His name is among those paid by the town for services in 1780.
CHILDREN .- 15. Roswell Riggs, b. Sept. 21, 1794, at Blandford, Mass .; d. Dec. 13, 1827, at Washington, Miss. He removed from Blandford to Ohio, and was a merchant in Sunbury. It is said he was in Gen. Hull's army at the time of its surrender, 1812; 16. Albert, b. Aug. 20, 1796, at Blandford; m. Jan. 8, 1833, Lucy Sells, who was born Sept. 6, 1814. He is a physi- cian, and pursued his medical studies with his uncle, Dr. Daniel Upson, of Worthington,
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Ohio; taking a course of lectures in the Cincinnati Medical College, 1822-3. He resides at Dublin, Ohio. His children are Josephine, b. May 11, 1834; m. George Buller, of Co- lumbus; and they have five children,-Albert, Emily, Frederick, Lucy, and George, Jr. ; Francis Riggs, b. Feb. 2, 1837; m. - Thompson (a widow),-have two children, and reside at Bazaar, Kansas; Lucinda, 6. March 18, 1844; d. April 8, 1848; Richard Rollin, b. Sept. 3; 1848; m., 1874, Lucy House; Lulie, 6. Nov. 10, 1856; 17. Mary, b. March 21, 1799; m. April, 1828, Dickson Mitchell, son of Judge Samuel and Martha Mitchell, of Darby Creek, Ohio; d. May 10, 1848. Have had five children-Albert, Marthia, George Riggs, Ann Mary, Aaron Burton; 18. Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1801; m. April, 1845, Aaron Mitchell as his second wife; they live at De Graff, Ohio; 19. Henry, b. Jan. 6, 1803; m. - settled in Indiana, and died about 1855, leaving two children, Harriet and Lucinda; the former married a Rev. Mr. Palmer, of Georgia; 20. Lucinda, 6. Jan. 21, 1807; m. Feb., 1838, Aaron Mitchell; d. Aug. 2, 1839, when he married her sister Sarah, April, 1845; 21. Lucius, 6. Sept. 22, 1812; lives at Van Buren, Ark., on a farm; he followed " boating " for twenty-five years ; 22. Sylvia, b. Sept. 26, 1814; 23. Harriet, b. Oct. 31, 1816; m., 1834, Ira Reynolds; d. 1860. Lived in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, and had seven sons. Delmar, m. - Gardner, of Bellefontaine, and lives in Dayton; Hiland Henry, m. Jennie Davis, of Jeffersonville, Ind., and lives at San Jose, Cal .; Eugene, killed at battle of South Mountain; James, lives in Kansas City ; Leander Louis, died in 1874; and two died young.
6. PARMELA.
PARMELA CHAPMAN, daughter of Rev. Benjamin, b. Nov. 7, 1764; m., 1797, Russell Falley, of Montgomery, Mass. Removed to Worth- ington, Ohio. She died 1873. He died at Perrysburg, Ohio.
CHILDREN .- 24. Clarissa, b. Sept., 1798; d. 1810; 25. Eliza, b. March 24, 1800; m. June 2, 1829, John McKinne. Have had children-Josiah, James, and William; 26. Almira, b. Dec. 29, 1803; m., 1827, John Starr; d. 1840. Have had six children; two survive, Havens and Anson: 27. Susan Cleveland, b. Jan. 23, 1808; m. Sept. 18, 1831, James Thomas Key; d. March 23, 1842. He died April 5, 1870. Have had children-Thomas R .; Benizette, b. Sept. 4, 1836; m. Sept., 1861, William Kelley, who died 1866, leaving one child, Edward, b. May 12, 1862; John, b. July 6, 1838; Susan C., 6. Aug. 13, 1840.
7. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL CHAPMAN, son of Rev. Benjamin, bap. June 22, 1766; m. Hannah Ferguson, of Blandford, Mass .; d. Dec. 30, 1850. She died Aug. 23, 1851.
CHILDREN .- 28. Caroline, b. Nov. 9, 1799; m. Marcus Bradley, of Russell, Mass., and died 1823; 29. Renben Atwater, b. Sept. 20, 1801; m. June 2, 1829, Elizabeth, daughter of Gen. Alanson Knox, of Blandford, Mass .; 30. Clarissa, b. May 15, 1805; m. Sept. 25, 1831, Rev. Richard Armstrong, Missionary to Sandwich Islands.
LEVI.
LEVI CHAPMAN, son of Rev. Benjamin, b. Oct. 30, 1768; m. Mercy Carter, Nov. 11, 1790. He died at East Granby, Mass., Nov. 8, 1834. She died Jan. 5, 1812.
CHILDREN .- 31. Catherine, 6. Nov. 23, 1815; m. Dec. 21, 1814, Guerdon C. Gould. Hc died .Jan. 11, 1836; 32. Abigail, 6. Nov. 20, 1793; m., 1813, Alexander Humphrey, of Sims- bury; d. May 1, 1865. He died March 4, 1870; 33. Edward, b. Nov. 3, 1795; m. Oct. 3, 1824, Florilla Parsons, of Syracuse. She died April 22, 1841; 34. Levi, b. July 18, 1798; d. April 14, 1818; 35. Lewis, b. Aug. 21, 1800; m. Oct. 9, 1831, Armida Smith Maundy ; d.
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Oct. 11, 1857 ; 36. Leverett, 6. Dec. 29, 1802; d. Jan. 27, 1805; 37. Abel Carter, b. July 25. 1807; d. March 21, 1811; 38. Mercy Almira, b. June 27, 1810; m. Nov. 6, 1838, Thomas Moore. He died April 8, 1856. Had one child, Thomas W., 6. Aug. 21, 1839; m. Jan. 3, 1867, Sarah Frost, and they had two children, Mercy Eliza and Thomas.
29. REUBEN A.
Hon. REUBEN ATWATER CHAPMAN, son of Samuel (7). b. in Blandford, Mass., Sept. 20. 1801; m. June 2, 1829, Elizabeth, daughter of Gen. Alanson Knox, [a distinguished lawyer of Blandford; Representative and Senator of the State of Massachusetts; removed to St. Louis, and thence to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he died about ten years ago.] She was born March 26, 1808. Mr. Chapman studied law with Gen. Knox, and being admitted to the bar, began practice at Westfield. Mass .; thence removed to Monson, where he remained two or three years. While in this latter place he married. In 1829 he located in Ware, and while practising there he attracted the notice of Daniel Wells, of Greenfield, then District Attorney, and the leading lawyer of this region, and afterward Chief Justice of the State: and he suggested to Mr. Chapman and George Ashmun, then practising in Enfield, that if they would come to Springfield and join their talents and legal knowl- edge, they would be the gainers, both in pocket and reputation. The suggestion was acted upon, and about 1830 the firm of Chapman & Ashmun commenced practice on Elm Street. In those days it was not customary for young lawyers to engage in the trial of cases, unless some one of the older was associated with them; but the new firm at once made an innovation upon that ancient custom, and the old law- yers found that these young men were foemen not to be despised in the court-room. This partnership continued until 1850, when Mr. Ash- mun's election to Congress and gradual withdrawal from legal busi- ness, led to a dissolution of the firm, Mr. Chapman continuing the busi- ness for a time alone. In 1854 he induced Franklin Chamberlin, of Lee, now of Hartford, to remove to Springfield and become his part- ner; and this partnership continued until 1860, when the senior member of the firm was placed upon the bench. The resignation of Chief Justice Shaw in that year, and the promotion of Judge Bigelow to the Chief Justiceship, made a vacancy which was filled by the appoint- ment of Judge Chapman; and eight years later, when Chief Justice Bigelow resigned, the older and more prominent Boston lawyers urged Governor Bullock to ignore the claims made for the place by the friends of Judge Benjamin F. Thomas and Judge E. Rockwood Hoar, and give the appointment to Judge Chapman. The first intimation the latter had of any movement for his promotion was his reception of the appointment from the Governor.
His course upon the bench has won general indorsement and ap-
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proval, and his administration has been characterized by brief and common-sense decisions, by careful and close attention to business, and by the most conscientious regard for legal principles. His mind was under such thorough discipline that, whether well or ill, he could bring himself to the performance of his professional work; and so great was his power of abstraction, that he was oblivious of all external circumstances while actively engaged in mental work. There is some- thing remarkable in the fidelity with which he pursued studies outside of his profession. Early in his professional life he took up mathe- inaties-Latin and Greek having been studied in connection with his profession-and afterward he devoted himself in succession to meta- physics, theology, natural history, geology, English literature, and the modern languages; and during the later years of his life he was accus- tomed, each year, to take up some one of these branches of study and carefully review and enlarge upon his original investigations. He read French as fluently as English, and was a very fair reader of Ger- man. He was exceedingly fond of poetry, and owned and carefully read and studied nearly all the writings of English and American poets. He was a recognized authority upon Congregational polity, and he will be greatly missed by the business and benevolent organizations connected with that denomination, in all of which he took an active interest.
Originally a Whig, Judge Chapman was always a strong anti- slavery man, and during the "Kansas" excitement was one of the foremost men in Springfield in advocating the free State movement. He was a personal acquaintance of John Brown, and when the latter was arrested in Virginia he was at once sent for as counsel, but was unable to respond to the call on account of pressing engagements else- where. Although a man of the strongest possible political convictions, Judge Chapman had no taste or desire for political life, and always carefully avoided the holding of political positions.
CHILDREN .- 39. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1837 ; m. April 16, 1863, Timothy Manning Brown, son of Manning and Mary (Smedley) Brown, a lawyer of Springfield, Mass. They have one child, Edward Manning, b. Feb. 25, 1872; 40. Reuben, b. Sept. 16, 1842. He was admitted to the bar, and died at Westfield, Mass., April 4, 1870; 41. Mary, b. Jan. 5, 1845.
30. CLARISSA.
CLARISSA CHAPMAN, daughter of Samuel (7), b. May 15, 1805; m. Sept. 25, 1831, Rev. Richard Armstrong, and with him went to the Sandwich Islands as a missionary. She is a woman of high intellec- tual taste and culture, and great energy of character. When quite young she trusted entirely to her own resources, and executed the purpose of acquiring an education. She became a teacher in the Westfield (Mass.) Academy, and afterward at Monson, where she was
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married. Mr. Armstrong was a native of Pennsylvania; graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn .; studied at Princeton Theological Seminary. They sailed in November, 1831, in the fifth company that went out to the Islands. Mr. Armstrong died from an accident, in 1860. She still lives, in remarkable vigor for one of her years and labors. The children were all born in Sandwich Islands.
CHILDREN .- 42. Caroline Porter Armstrong, b. July 17, 1832; m. Rev. E. G. Beckwith, April 17, 1853, and lives in Waterbury, where Mr. Beckwith is an honored pastor. Their children are-Frank Armstrong, b. April 23, 1854; Clara, b. Ang. 14, 1855; d. Feb. 14, 1856; William Chapman, b. March 20, 1860; d. July 24, 1860; Carrie Amelia, b. Feb. 2, 1865; Edward Wilcox, b. June 26, 1868; d. Feb. 24, 1869; 43. William Nevins, b. June 2, 1834; d. 1835; 44. William Nevins, b. March 10, 1835; m. Fanny Morgan. Children-Matthew Chalmers, and Richard; 45. Mary Jane Graham, b. June 2, 1836. Taught the Freedmen at Norfolk, Richmond, and Charleston ; also has been teacher in Sandwich Islands; now resides with her sister Ellen; 46. Richard Baxter, b. Aug. 15, 1837; d. 1871; 47. Samuel Chapman, b. Jan. 30, 1839; m. Emma Walker, of Stockbridge, Mass., 1869. He graduated at Williams College; served four years in the War of the Rebellion; received promotion for gallant services, and was made Brigadier General; since the war has devoted himself to the Freedmen of the South, and in particular connection with Hampton ( Va.) Institute, of which he is the successful and trusted President. They have children, Louise and Edith; 48. Clarissa Hannah, b. Nov. 27, 1840; m. F. O. Banning, of Prussia, 1866. They have three children, Rudolph, Frederic, and an infant child; 49. Reuben Chapman, b. Oct. 5, 1842; d. 1843; 50. Ellen Eliza, b. Aug. 12, 1844; m., 1867, P. L. Weaver, of San Francisco. They have three children, Philip, Etta, and Ellis; 51. Amelia Hamilton, b. Nov. 7, 1845.
31. CATHERINE.
CATHERINE CHAPMAN, daughter of Levi (8), b. Aug. 23, 1791; m. Dec. 21, 1814, Gurdon C. Gould, and lives at Granby, Conn. He died Jan. 11, 1836.
CHILDREN .- 52. Catherine Lavinia, b. Nov. 23, 1815; m. July 4, 1837, Daniel H. Bragg; d. March 2, 1842; 53. Caroline; 54. Maria, b. Aug. 3, 1817; m. July 28, 1846, Jacob P. Merrow; d. Aug. 31, 1848; 55. Edward Young, b. July 18, 1819; d. April 3, 1843; 56. Frances; 57. Louise, b. Aug. 3, 1821; d. Dec. 23, 1836; 58. Mary; 59. Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1823; m. Jan. 1, 1847, Capt. W. H. Merrow; 60. Thomas Scott, b. June 19, 1825; m. Oct. 1, 1845, Diantha A. Edgarton, who died Feb. 28, 1853, when he married (2) Elizabeth E. Polk, May 4, 1854.
32. ABIGAIL.
ABIGAIL CHAPMAN, daughter of Levi (8), b. Nov. 20, 1793; m. Alex- ander Humphrey, of Simsbury, 1813. He was born Sept. 25, 1791, and died March 4, 1870. Lived at Simsbury, Conn., and Quincy, Ill.
CHILDREN .- 61. Alexander Albert, 6. June 20, 1814; m. Mrs. Sally Suers, Feb. 1, 1866. She died June 22, 1866; 62. Abigail Amanda, b. April 3, 1816; d. July 14, 1818; 63. Cyrus Leverett, b. March 7, 1820; d. July 9, 1874; 64. Edward Franklin, b. Nov. 25, 1823; m. (1) Mary Ann Keyes, Sept. 26, 1850, who died April 20, 1853; (2) Mrs. Martha Elizabeth (Den- nis) Carey, Dec. 18, 1861. They have one child, Edward Dennis, b. Oct. 7, 1868.
33. EDWARD.
EDWARD CHAPMAN, son of Levi (8), b. Nov. 3, 1795; m. Florilla Parsons, of Syracuse, Oct. 3, 1824. She died April 22, 1841.
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CHILDREN .- 65. Elizabeth Ellen, b. Sept. 1, 1825; m. Wilson Rawson Cooper, Oct. 5, 1845. They have children-Edward Wakefield, b. Aug. 14, 1847; d. Sept. 10, 1847; Flor- ence, b. July 13, 1849; d. Sept. 23, 1852; Frances Isabella, b. Sept. 15, 1851; d. Feb. 24, 1854; Wilson Leland, b. April 15, 1855; George Parsons, b. Aug. 13, 1856; d. May 15, 1857; Helen Kate Edgarton, b. Oct. 10, 1858; Charles Fremont, b. Dec. 15, 1862; 66. Edward Ensign, b. June 24, 1827; m. Mary Conrad, March 28, 1854. Children-Robert Burns, b. Sept. 1, 1855; Anna, b. June 24, 1858; d. Sept. 22, 1858; George Edward, b. July 23, 1864; Sereta Barbary, b. July 26, 1872; 67. George Parsons, 6. Nov. 19, 1830; m. Sarah Ann Fruit, Aug. 30, 1866. Children-Flora Wright, b. Oct. 23, 1867; Laura Cornelia, b. May 19, 1870; d. July 31, 1871; Margaret Fruit, h. May 30, 1872; 68. Chauncy Lewis, b. Dec. 7, 1832; m. Martha Harrington, Sept. 11, 1860. Children-Charity, U. Aug. 4, 1861; Edward Harrington, b. July 1, 1863; Margaret, 6. April 9, 1865; Chauncey Merriman, b. Aug. 7, 1867; Ruth, 6. Jan. 2, 1873; 69. Flora Ruth, b. April 19, 1841; m. Cassander W. Hedges, Nov. 19, 1858. Children-Belle P., b. Dec. 18, 1859; Edward C., b. March 14, 1864.
35. LEWIS.
LEWIS CHAPMAN, son of Levi (8), b. Aug. 21, 1800; m. Armida Smith Maundy, Oct. 9, 1831; d. Oct. 11, 1857.
CHILDREN .- 70. James Lewis, b. Oct. 30, 1832; 71. Laura Armida, 6. March 27, 1834; d. Sept. 5, 1835; 72. Alice, D. April 28, 1835; 73. George Levi, b. Aug. 27, 1836 ; d. Feb., 1866; 74. Charles Augustus, b. Feb. 17, 1839; m. April 10, 1866, Maria Eloise Loomis, who (lied Oct. 6, 1873. Children-George Lewis, b. July 19, 1867; Henry Loomis, b. Dec. 10, 1872; d. July 26, 1873; 75. Henry Edward, b. Feb. 3, 1840; m. Sept. 16, 1865, Louise J. Have one child, Alice Louise, b. Jan. 26, 1870; 76. Catherine Louise, 6. April 19, 1843; m. Nov. 25, 1864, Joseph F. Field. Children-Joseph Chapman, 6. Feb. 3, 1868; d. July 30, 1868; Mary Alice, b. June 3, 1869; 77. William, b. July 3, 1845; m. Nov. 14, 1873. Alice F. Richardson. Have one child, Edith Armida, 6. April 3, 1874; 78. Frank Laflin, b, Aug. 13, 1850; m. Harriet P. Ballentine.
70. JAMES L.
JAMES LEWIS CHAPMAN, Son of Lewis (35), b. Oct. 30, 1832; m. Oct. 25, 1854, Louise Jane Rounseville. He is cashier of a bank in Hart- ford, and treasurer of various benevolent institutions connected with the Congregational body.
CHILDREN .- 79. Jamie Rounseville, b. July 31, 1855; 80. Louis Boswell, b. Feb. 3, 1859; 81. Eugene Wadsworth, b. Jan. 13, 1861; d. April 4, 1871; 82. Arthur Howard, b. Dec. 9, 1863; d. Jan. 21, 1863; 83. Louise Jennie, U. Aug. 12, 1865; 84. Herbert Washburn, b. Dec. 7,1868.
72. ALICE.
ALICE CHAPMAN, daughter of Lewis, (35), b. April 28, 1835; m. Sept. 23, 1863, Edgar W. Calkins, who died Nov. 18, 1869.
CHILDREN .- 85. Alice, b. July 23, 1866; d. Aug. 12, 1866; 86. Mary Edith, b. March 23, 1868; d. July 22, 1869; 87. Edgar Murray, b. Oct. 5, 1869; 1. Aug. 18, 1870.
CLARK.
JAMES CLARK, one of the first settlers of New Haven, went there in 1638, and was one of the company, consisting of Governor Eaton, and
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others, who. June 4, 1639, met in Mr. Newman's barn to frame the civil compact. He married, Oct. 17, 1661, Ann, widow of John Wake- field. She was not his first wife, or mother of his children. According to Savage, he removed before 1669 to Stratford. -
CHILDREN .- 2. James, m. Deborah, daughter of John Peacock, and settled in Stratford ; 3. Mary, was an inmate of the family of William Judson, May, 1665; 4. Samuel, m. Nov. 7, 1672, Hannah Tuttle ; 5. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 29, 1651; m. May 6, 1678, Sarah Peck, and settled in Wallingford; 6. Susan, 6. 1652.
4. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL CLARK, son of James (1), m. Nov. 7, 1672. Hannah. eldest daughter of John and Catharine (Tuttle) Lane, born Nov. 2. 1655, in New Haven. He resided in New Haven. where Hannah (his wife) died Dec. 21. 1708, aged 53 years. He died Feb. 22, 1729-30.
CHILDREN .- 7. Samuel, 6. Aug. 7, 1673; m. Nov. 15, 1698, Mary Brown: 8. Daniel, b. March 6, 1675; 9. John, b. Feb. 23, 1677; 10. Joseph, b. Oct. 20, 1678: 11. Stephen, b. . Dec. 24, 1680; 12. Nathan, b. Feb. 20, 1683: m. May 27, 1709, Plebe Lines; 13. Hannah, b. April 6, 1685; m. April 20, 1709, Jonah Todd: 14. Phineas, b. June 27. 1687; m. May 9, 1715, Abigail Basset ; 15. Abigail, b. Sept. 6, 1689: 16. Mehitabel, b. May 10, 1698; m. Dec. 26, 1722, Thomas Downs.
7. SAMUEL.
SAMUEL CLARK, son of Samuel (4), b. Aug. 7, 1673, in New Haven: m. Nov. 15, 1698, Mary Brown, daughter of Ebenezer Brown, of New Haven, and his wife Hannah (Vincent); she was born Aug. 6. 1675. in New Haven. He settled in North Haven, and from thence removed to the southeast part of Southington, where he built himself a house just south of the residence of the late Joseph Clark, deceased. The locality has ever since been known by the name of "Clark Farms." Mary (his wife) died Dec. 31, 1747, in her 74th year. He died June 12, 1754, in his 81st year. Headstones in the north cemetery point to where they were buried.
CHILDREN .- 17. Abrahmin, b. Oct. 11, 1699; 18. Mary, h. May 8, 1703; m. Sept. 6, 1731, Moses Yale, of Wallingford: 19. Hannah, b. Aug. 9, 1704; 20. David, b. Sept. 5, 1705; 21. Silas, b. Oct. 18, 1706; 22. Isaac, b. June 2, 1708; m. March 21, 1734, Mary, Roberts, of Wallingford: 23. Ruth, b. June 2, 1709: m. Jan. 7, 1734-5, Daniel Culver; 24. Hezekiah, b. July 31, 1710; 25. Enos, b. Sept. 10, 1711; 26. Abigail, 6. Feb. 15, 1712-13; m. May 17, 1732, Jonathan Bronson-the first admission to the church by Mr. Curtiss; 27. Israel, h. April 17, 1714.
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