Brief Life History of William Burgess
When William Burgess Chapman was born on 1 January 1805, in Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, United States, his father, William Chapman, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Burgess, was 39. He married Mary Hester Polly McClure on 16 December 1823. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died on 15 February 1877, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Chapman Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States.
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- Wm Chapman, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Chapman, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- William Chapman, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
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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