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(VII) Oren Adams, son of Sergeant Levi (2) and Hannah (Pettingall) Ad- ams, was born in 1785, in Pawlet, Ver- mont. Like his father and grandfather, he followed the carpenter's trade, remov- ing to Milford, New York. He married (first) Fanny Lee, and (second) Mrs. Susan Cunningham.
(VIII) Oren Lee Adams, son of Oren and Fanny (Lee) Adams, was born in 1819, in Milford, New York, and settled in Redding, Connecticut, where he en- gaged in business as a hatter, afterward removing to South Norwalk. He mar- ried, in 1844, Clarissa Smith, of Wilton, Connecticut. Oren Lee Adams died in South Norwalk, in 1894.
(IX) Julia Clarissa Adams, daughter of Oren Lee and Clarissa (Smith) Adams, was born January 31, 1856, in Redding, Connecticut. On June 24, 1885, she be- came the wife of Mortimer Montgomery Lee (see Lee IV).
CHAPMAN, Edwin N., Physician, Hospital Official.
The surname of Chapman, which sig- nifies merchant, occurs among the earliest of surnames, and the family in many of its
branches was somewhat distinguished at an early period. There were several fam- ilies of Chapmans among the early New England immigrants, many of whom achieved distinction in their locality. The patriotism of the family is shown in the fact that twenty-seven are found on the Connecticut Roll of Honor, who had served in the War of the Revolution.
(I) The ancestor of the family herein under consideration was Robert Chap- man, who is believed to have been born in 1616. He came from Hull, England, to Boston, Massachusetts, in August, 1635, and the following November was in Saybrook, Connecticut. He married Ann Blith or Bliss, April 29, 1642, and she died November 20, 1685. Robert Chapman died October 13, 1687.
(II) Deacon Nathaniel Chapman, son of Robert and Ann (Blith or Bliss) Chap- man, was born February 16, 1653. He was deacon of the Saybrook church for many years. He served as representative to the General Court for twenty-four ses- sions, and was a large landholder, owning fifteen hundred acres in Hebron. Deacon Chapman married (first) June 29, 1681, Mary Collins, of Guilford, Connecticut.
(III) Rev. Daniel Chapman, son of Deacon Nathaniel and Mary (Col- lins Chapman, was born March 14, 1689, and died at Greens Farms, Con- necticut, November 23, 1741. He was graduated from Yale College in 1706, being the first of the name to re- ceive a liberal education in America. He then studied theology and was ordained ; shortly after this time he was installed as pastor of the Congregational church and society of Greens Farms. He married Grissel Dennie, of Fairfield, Connecticut, and she died January 10, 1754, at the age of fifty-seven years.
(IV) Captain Phineas Chapman, son of Rev. Daniel Chapman and his wife, Gris-
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sel (Dennie) Chapman, was born in 1716, and died November 20, 1782, in Greens Farms, Connecticut. He was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and was taken prisoner in his own house while loading up his possessions to flee with his family. The hardships while he was imprisoned impaired his health and he never fully re- covered. He married, September 22, 1742, Sarah Ketchum, and she died No- vember 21, 1811, at the age of eighty-eight years.
(V) Joshua Chapman, son of Captain Phineas and Sarah (Ketchum) Chapman, was born March 4, 1765, and died Feb- ruary 25, 1831. He was a farmer and lived in Redding, Connecticut. He mar- ried, in 1788, Lucy Adams.
(VI) Colonel Phineas (2) Chapman, son of Joshua and Lucy (Adams) Chap- man, was born May 10, 1790. He was a man of considerable means; was a pro- gressive farmer, and a leading citizen. He married, January 23, 1817, Betsy Abbott.
(VII) Dr. Edwin Nesbit Chapman, son of Colonel Phineas (2) and Betsy (Ab- bott) Chapman, was born February 26, 1819. He was graduated from Yale Col- lege in the class of 1842 with the degree of B. A. He then entered Jefferson Medi- cal College and received his M. D. degree there, March 20, 1845. During his life- time he practiced in Brooklyn, New York, and was a member of the faculty of the Long Island College Hospital, where he was Professor of Gynæcology. Dr. Chap- man married, in Brooklyn, November 16, 1865, Maria Barton Davol, born in War- ren, Rhode Island, April 7, 1842, died in Rogers Rock, New York, July 20, 1908, daughter of John and Laura (Barton) Davol. Dr. Chapman and his wife were the parents of four children: I. Edwin Nesbit, of further mention. 2. John D., a sketch of whom follows. 3. Harold W. 4. Marvin Abbott. Dr. Chapman died in Brooklyn, March 2, 1888.
(The Davol Line).
John Davol, father of Mrs. Chapman, was born in Warren, Rhode Island, April 8, 1811, and died in Brooklyn, New York, June 28, 1878. He married, in Warren, August 31, 1834, Laura Barton, born there May 22, 1812, died in Brooklyn, June 3, 1884.
Deacon Stephen Davol, father of John Davol, was born in Freetown, Massachu- setts, January 29, 1782, and died in War- ren, Rhode Island, October 16, 1848. He married, in Warren, October 20, 1803, Mary Bowen, born in Warren, April 3, 1784, died there July 3, 1823.
Pardon Davol, father of Deacon Ste- phen Davol, was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, March 16, 1743, and died in Freetown, Massachusetts, November 22, 1808. He married, April 12, 1768, Priscilla Read, born in Freetown, Novem- · ber 21, 1746, died in Freetown, January 13, 1830.
William Davol, grandfather of Pardon Davol, married, May 30, 1708, Sarah Sis- son, and he died in Dartmouth in 1772. Through the Sisson family, "Mayflower" descent is traced.
CHAPMAN, Edwin Nesbit, . Broker, Public Official.
Edwin Nesbit (2) Chapman, son of Dr. Edwin Nesbit (1) and Maria Barton (Davol) Chapman (q. v.), was born April 19, 1872, in Brooklyn, New York. He prepared for college at Hill School, Potts- town, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from Williams College, B. A., in 1894. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. His first experience in business was with the Butler Hard Rubber Company, and he remained with them for several years in the capacity of assistant to the secre- tary and treasurer of the company. Sub- sequently, after some minor ventures, Mr.
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Chapman became associated with Patter- son, Teele & Dennis as a certified public accountant, and later was with Haskins & Sells, of New York City, in a similar capacity. Later he left the accounting profession to become auditor of the West- cott Express Company. After the West- cott Express Company was absorbed by the American Express Company, he re- signed his position to become auditor for the David Williams Company, publishers of "Iron Age." In 1906 he resigned to become a partner in the firm of Chisholm & Pouch, brokers. The following year Mr. Pouch withdrew to start his own firm, and at that time the firm name was changed to Chisholm & Chapman, which has been its style since that time. The firm are members of the New York Stock Exchange.
Mr. Chapman is very active in several other directions as well; he makes his home in Greenwich, Connecticut, and takes an active interest in the public mat- ters of that town, being a member of its Board of Estimate and Taxation. He is a member of the directorate of the Put- nam Trust Company ; also a director of the Continental Bank of New York City ; a director and treasurer of the Exchange Court Corporation; and a trustee and treasurer of the D. K. E. Society of Wil- liams College. His clubs include in New York City, the University, Racquet and Tennis, Society of Mayflower Descend- ants, Down Town Association, Williams, D. K. E., Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, and the Long Island Historical Society ; and in Greenwich the Greenwich Country Club, Field Club, and Indian Harbor Yacht Club.
Mr. Chapman married, in Brooklyn, May 25, 1897, Charlotte Frost Knowlton, daughter of Daniel W. Knowlton. She was born in West Upton, Massachusetts, July 11, 1874, and died in Greenwich,
Connecticut, November 28, 1916, leaving the following children: 1. Edwin Nesbit, Jr., born November 24, 1901. 2. Daniel Knowlton, born July 31, 1904. 3. Nancy Davol, born August 18, 1912.
CHAPMAN, John Davol,
Banker, Served in Spanish-American War.
John Davol Chapman, son of Dr. Ed- win Nesbit (1) and Maria Barton (Davol) Chapman (q. v.), was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 6, 1874. He attended private schools, the Hill School, Potts- town, Pennsylvania, and the Brown & Nichols School, Cambridge, Massachu- setts. In 1892 he entered Williams Col- lege, and while there became a member of the D. K. E. fraternity. He left col- lege in 1895 to enter business, embarking in various enterprises until 1901, in which year he became a member of the Con- solidated Stock Exchange of New York City, and four years later purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Chapman always acted independently in his stock transactions, and has been very successful as a banker and business man. When the firm of which his brother was a partner was organized in 1907, Mr. chapman became a special partner. In 1914 he retired from active business to the beautiful residence which he had built in 1909 in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he has since resided. His home is on Round Island.
Mr. Chapman was one of the organizers and is now vice-president of the Putnam Trust Company, of Greenwich. The first business relations the residents of the town had with the outside world no doubt were consummated over the land now the property of Mr. Chapman. That land was the point from which the inhabitants shipped their produce, largely potatoes, to New York City. Before the famous
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Boss Tweed became a resident of Green- wich, some of his lieutenants camped over night on the land on which Mr. Chap- man's house now stands. They made such glowing reports of the attractiveness of the spot that Boss Tweed spent his next summer on Round Island which marked the beginning of his residence in Greenwich.
Mr. Chapman was a member of Troop A, United States Volunteers, in the Span- ish-American War, and served in Porto Rico. During the World War he was manager of the Bureau of Passports, De- partment of Personnel of the American Red Cross of New York City. He is a member of the following New York clubs: The Stock Exchange Luncheon Club, the Williams Club of New York City, the D. K. E. Club of New York, and the Society of Mayflower Descend- ants. His clubs in Greenwich are: The Indian Harbor Yacht Club, the Field Club, the Greenwich Country Club, the Wood- way Country Club, and the Blind Brook Club. Mr. Chapman's principal recrea- tion is golf.
Mr. Chapman married, in 1906, Mary Adelaide Foltz, daughter of William Stewart and May (Scofield) Foltz. John Scofield, father of May (Scofield) Foltz, came from England to America in 1849, attracted by the discovery of gold in Cal- ifornia, and later became a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church in Cali- fornia. He was a presiding elder in later years, and resided in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are the parents of two sons : John Stewart, born October 19, 1907; and Richard Davol, born March 23, I9II.
CARMICHAEL, George Edgar, Educator.
The subject of this sketch is a native of New England, and a graduate of a
New England college. For twenty-five years he has been a worker in the field of education. Brunswick School, in Green- wich, established by him in 1902, ranks high among the nation's good schools. As founder of the school and headmaster from its beginning, Mr. Carmichael has been its guiding spirit through the two decades of its existence.
As a citizen of Greenwich our subject has had an interested part in civic affairs. He was a member of the first town school committee of Greenwich, and in this ca- pacity served the public school system of the town for two years. For five years he was secretary and for two years presi- dent of the Boys' Club of Greenwich. At the present time he is a member of the executive committee of the Boys' Club, a director of the Greenwich Young Men's Christian Association, president of the Greenwich Library, and president of the Greenwich Rotary Club.
Mr. Carmichael, in the line of his family name, is a descendant of a Scottish fam- ily of Highland origin, though for some generations resident near Edinboro. His ancestry includes also English, French and Dutch strains. His paternal great- grandfather, Frank Carmichael, came from Scotland in the latter part of the eighteenth century and settled in Nova Scotia. Among Frank's six sons was Thompson Carmichael, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1802. Thompson Car- michael, after being educated in Halifax, went to St. Margaret's Bay to engage in business. Finding a business life not to his taste, he took up the profession of teaching, and continued in it to the end of his life. When he first went to St. Margaret's Bay, he met and married Bar- bara Hubley, daughter of a Dutchman who had settled there about the time of the American Revolution. He became the father of a large family of sons and
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daughters. The six sons who lived formed a unique group. Together they were able to design, build, rig and sail a ship of any ordinary size.
The draftsman and carpenter of this unusual combination was James Thomp- son Carmichael, father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 3, 1832, the fourth child of his parents. On December 25, 1861, he married Susan Roberts, of Parrs- boro, Nova Scotia, the second child of Thomas and Elizabeth Emma (Beck) Roberts. In 1873 James T. Carmichael removed with his family to Medway, Massachusetts, where he worked as car- penter and builder. In 1876 he contracted pneumonia and was left an invalid until his death, October 18, 1881. His widow and six children survived him.
The sixth child of James T. and Susan (Roberts) Carmichael was George Edgar Carmichael. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts, August 22, 1875. In 1892 he was graduated from Medway High School. A year later, he entered Bowdoin College, whence he was graduated A. B., in 1897. After graduation Mr. Carmichael taught for two years in the Hamilton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; a year in the Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut, and two years in the Green- wich Academy, Greenwich, Connecticut. In 1902, at the advice and request of friends who had boys to be educated, he started Brunswick School. From the be- ginning the school has grown and pros- pered, and for twenty years Mr. Car- michael has found it a satisfying field for · labor.
In college Mr. Carmichael joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity, and at gradua- tion was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member of the Schoolmasters' Asso- ciation of New York (vice-president, 1920), and of the Headmasters' Associa-
tion. In 1910 he compiled and edited "The Songs of Kappa Sigma."
December 25, 1912, Mr. Carmichael married Helen Gertrude Fox, only child of Everett Fremont and Carrie Belle (Ricker) Fox, of Milton Mills, New Hampshire. They have one child, Mar- garet, born February 25, 1914. Mrs. Car- michael is a descendant of many genera- tions of New England pioneer stock. She is a graduate of Nute High School, Mil- ton, New Hampshire, and of Wellesley College.
COE, Walter Ellsworth,
Lawyer, Aided in World War.
Few of the Colonial families can be traced in England to such an ancient date as the Coe family. It appears about 1300 with the spelling le Koo, which later be- came le Coo, and before 1400 A. D. is found Coo. The form of Coe does not appear until about 1575. The English ancestor, John Coo, was born in the reign of King Edward III., and died about 1415. He was a prominent man in his day, and was the father of John (2) Coo, born about 1375, and died about 1425. The latter married Eleanor, and their son, John (3) Coo, was born about 1400, and died after 1448. His son, Thomas Coe, was born about 1430, and died about 1507. His son, John Coe, was born about 1460, and his will was proved in 1520. He was' of Gestingthorpe, and married Joane, daughter of Thomas Golding. Their son, John Coe, married Margaret, and was the father of John Coe, born in 1623, died in 1558. He lived in Maplestead and Wis- ton, and married Dorothy. They were the parents of Henry Coe, born about 1565 died in 1631. He lived in Thorpe- Morieux, and married Mary. They were the parents of three sons, of whom Robert Coe, the eldest, was the ancestor of the family in America.
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(I) Robert Coe was born at Thorpe- Morieux, Suffolk county, and baptized there, October 26, 1596, as recorded in the parish register. In 1625 he was living in Boxford, Suffolk county, and on April 30, 1634, he sailed for New England on the ship "Francis," accompanied by his wife and children. He arrived at Boston during the following summer and went first to Watertown, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman in the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony, September 3, 1634. In June, 1635, Robert Coe was among those who settled Wethersfield, Connecti- cut, and in 1641, he was among the first settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, where he was granted fourteen acres of land. Robert Coe held many important offices, and was frequently called upon to repre- sent his fellow-citizens at the General Court. He was evidently of a progressive nature, as he was ever foremost in making new settlements. In 1644 he was one of the number who founded Hempstead, Long Island ; in 1656, was a founder of the town of Jamaica, Long Island; and in 1664, settled Middleburg, now Hastings, Long Island. He died about 1689. Rob- ert Coe married (first) in England, about 1623, Mary, and she died October 27, 1628.
(II) Robert (2) Coe, son of Robert (I) and Mary Coe, was born in 1626, and baptized on September 19th of the same year. He was a boy of seven years when brought by his parents to New England. He removed with them to Wethersfield and Stamford, and there remained until his marriage, when he became a resident of Stratford, Connecticut. About 1650 he married Hannah Mitchell, baptized in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, June 26, 1631, daughter of Matthew and Susan (Butterfield) Mitchell, who died in New Haven, April 2, 1702. Robert (2) Coe did not have a very long life, but it was a useful one; he died in Stratford, in the fall of 1659.
(III) Captain John Coe, son of Robert (2) and Hannah (Mitchell) Coe, was born May 10, 1658, and died April 19, 1741. He was a farmer, land speculator, merchant, miller and innkeeper. He lived in New Haven, and in spite of his many duties he often held public office. In 1709 he re- ceived his commission of captain, having long been active in military matters, and served in the French and Indian War. Captain Coe married, December 20, 1682, Mary Hawley, born in Stratford, July 16, 1663, died there, September 9, 1731, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph and Cath- erine (Birdsey ) Hawley.
(IV) Captain Joseph Coe, son of Cap- tain John and Mary (Hawley) Coe, was born February 2, 1686-87, in Stratford, and died July 15, 1754, in Durham, Con- necticut. He was a pioneer settler of Durham, and cultivated a large farm. In 1728 he was representative, and married, at Durham, November 21, 1708, Abigail Robinson, born in Guilford, Connecticut, April 3, 1690, died in Durham, July 6, 1775, daughter of David and Abigail (Kirby) Robinson.
(V) Captain David Coe, son of Cap- tain Joseph and Abigail (Robinson) Coe, was born February 18, 1717, in Durham, and died January 14, 1807. About 1740 he settled in that part of Middletown which is now Middlefield, where he be- came a successful farmer. He was an in- fluential man, and prominent in public affairs. He was commissioned captain in May, 1764, of the 16th company, 6th regiment, Connecticut Militia. Captain Coe married, in 1740, Hannah Camp, born November 15, 1720, died October 16, 1808, daughter of Nathan and Rhoda (Parsons) Camp.
(VI) Seth Coe, son of Captain David and Hannah (Camp) Coe, was born Feb- ruary 20, 1756, at Middlefield, and died there, September 26, 1829. He was a farmer, and married, June 12, 1776, Mary
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Miller, daughter of Deacon Ichabod and Elizabeth (Cornwell) Miller, and she died January 1, 1832.
(VII) Elias C. Coe, son of Seth and Mary (Miller) Coe, was born August 25, 1787, in Middlefield, and died there, May 4, 1878. He was a farmer, and married, April 11, 1811, Hannah Tryon.
(VIII) Ebenezer Jackson Coe, son of Elias C. and Hannah (Tryon) Coe, was born May 3, 1817. He settled at Stony Creek, Branford, where he was for many years the proprietor of the "Three Elms" House, a summer hotel, and there he died, May II, 1889. Mr. Coe married, April 3, 1839, Phebe Birdsey, daughter of John Birdsey.
(IX) John Walter Birdsey Coe, son of Ebenezer J. and Phebe (Birdsey) Coe, was born November 8, 1841. He was for many years one of the leading citizens of Meriden, Connecticut, and was head of the Merwin Provision Company of that city. Mr. Coe served as trustee of the State School for Boys, and was a bank director and vestryman of the church. He married, December 4, 1865, Sarah A. Williams, a native of Wallingford, daugh- ter of Elijah Williams. They were the parents of the following children: I. Walter Ellsworth, of further mention. 2. John Williams, deceased, formerly a phy- sician of New York City. 3. Mabel Es- telle, wife of Howard Hammitt, residing in Plainfield, New Jersey. 4. Ada Louise, born May 2, 1879, wife of Charles F. Rockwell, of Meriden.
New York bar, also the Connecticut bar. Mr. Coe has always practiced in New York City, and is a member of the law firms of Mclaughlin, Russell, Coe & Sprague, and Sharretts, Coe & Hillis. He specializes in United Customs practice. Since 1906 he has served as commis- sioner for Connecticut on Uniform State Laws, and from 1902 to 1904 was a mem- ber of the staff of Governor George P. McLean, with the rank of colonel. Dur- ing the World War Mr. Coe was assistant in charge of retail prices and distribution in the Food Administration in Washing- ton. His hobby is farming, and for about fifteen years he has owned a truck farm of about twenty-two acres, employing from eight to ten men to assist in the care of same.
Mr. Coe married, October 3, 1904, Car- lotta Toothe, born June 22, 1874, in East Orange, New Jersey, daughter of William and Emma (Schlager) Toothe, of Mad- ison, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Coe are members of St. John's Episcopal Church of Stamford, and aid in the support of its good works.
DASKAM, Walter Duryee, Banker, Man of Affairs.
In Stamford the name of Daskam means more than merely a name. Not only the family but the city look back- ward with pride to the early records in which this name became distinguished. The origin of the name is Scotch and lit- erally means lowland valley.
(X) Walter Ellsworth Coe, son of John W. B. and Sarah A. (Williams) Coe, was born August 18, 1870, at Meriden, and (I) The first of the family in this coun- try was John Daskam, who came from near Aberdeen, Scotland, about 1750, and settled in Connecticut. He owned quite a library for that time; it was composed mostly of books on Scottish history. The was educated in the Meriden schools. He was graduated from Sheffield Scientific School in the class of 1892, with the de- gree of Ph. B., and from Yale Law School in 1902, with the degree of LL. B. The same year Mr. Coe was admitted to the children of John Daskam were: John,
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William, of whom further; James, and Susan.
(II) Captain William Daskam, the son of John Daskam, was but seventeen years of age when he enlisted in the Revolu- tionary War. His slogan was: "I will give Johnny Bull a pull." His service was under General Lafayette, and in the War of 1812 he answered his country's call and commanded a company, later receiving a pension in return for his services. He married Huldah James, un- doubtedly a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Whitney) James.
(III) Benjamin James Daskam, son of Captain William Daskam and his wife, Huldah (James) Daskam, was born Jan- uary 20, 1809, in what is now Darien, Connecticut, and died September 3, 1885. He learned the trade of carpenter, but its appeal was not strong enough to interest him and he went to New York, where he entered mercantile pursuits. In 1836 Mr. Daskam established himself in business in Stamford, Connecticut, his store being located on Main street, east of the Quin- tard block. He filled many public offices ; was representative to the Legislature and discharged his official duties in a manner entirely satisfactory to his constituents. Mr. Daskam was a very ardent Abolu- tionist. He also served as justice of the peace. He married Mary Ingraham.
(IV) Theodore J. Daskam, son of Ben- jamin J. and Mary (Ingraham) Daskam, was born March 3, 1833, in Stamford, Connecticut, and died there February 15, 1883. In his youth he assisted his father in business, and in time was placed in charge of the business. From his first association with men and affairs he was interested in public life. The problems of city and State government were of keenest interest to him, and it soon be- came apparent in political circles that here was a young man whom they needed.
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