When Henry Chapman was born on 8 June 1802, in Greenup, Kentucky, United States, his father, James L Chapman, was 41 and his mother, Pheobe Elizabeth Pearce, was 39. He married Nanny Frances Pulliam on 3 October 1826, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Liberty Township, Schuyler, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Lake Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 October 1880, in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Muscatine, Iowa, United States.
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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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