Brief Life History of Isabella
When Isabella Chapman was born in 1661, in Clapham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Chapman, was 42 and her mother, Hannah Hiller, was 20. She married Thomas TYNDAL in 1680, in Nottingham, Hamilton Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 15 May 1733, in Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 72, and was buried in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.
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- Isabella Chapman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: Isabel Chapman - death: 17 November 1732;
- Isabella Chapman, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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1683
Historical Boundaries 1683: Middlesex, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
1719
Historical Boundaries: 1719: Hunterdon, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States 1838: Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English chap(pe)man, chepman, Old English cēapmann, cēpemann, a compound of cēap ‘barter, bargain, price, property’ + mann ‘man’.
Jewish: adopted probably for a like-sounding or like-meaning name in some other European language; see for example Kaufman .
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. John Chapmen (sic) was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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