Deliverance Chapman

Brief Life History of Deliverance

When Deliverance Chapman was born about 1745, in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Micael Chapman, was 39 and her mother, Mercy Doolittle, was 30. She married Stephen Stone in 1768. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 9 September 1823, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Stone
1721–1794
Deliverance Chapman
1745–1823
Marriage: 1768
Stephen Stone Jr
1769–1838
Dan Stone
1771–1802
Derrick Stone
1774–1825
Eliza Stone
1776–1792
Clarissa Stone
1779–1845
Catherine Stone
1781–1863
Mary Stone
1783–1855

Sources (2)

  • Deliverance Chapman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Deliverance in entry for Stephen Stone, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

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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