Isabella Chapman

Brief Life History of Isabella

When Isabella Chapman was born on 27 October 1661, in Clapham, Yorkshire, England, her father, Robert Chapman, was 25 and her mother, Mrs. Robert Chapman, was 19. She married Thomas Vickery Tyndall in 1680, in Nottingham Township, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 15 May 1733, in Windsor, Robbinsville Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Old Pearson Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Vickery Tyndall
1660–1714
Isabella Chapman
1661–1733
Marriage: 1680
Thomas Tindall
1684–1715
Mary Tindall
1684–
Elizabeth Tindall
1686–1722
Isabel Tindall
1692–
William Tindall
1695–1742
John Tindall
1698–1714
Sarah Tindall
1701–1732
Robert Tindall
1704–1732
Robert Tindale
1706–
Ruth Tindall
1689–1732
Ann Tindall
1704–1732
Joseph Tindall
1705–1769
Isaac Tindall
1710–1777

Sources (7)

  • 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"

World Events (4)

1688 · Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.

1704

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

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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