Brief Life History of John Lee
When John Lee Chapman was born on 6 February 1825, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, John Chapman, was 32 and his mother, Abigail Sisson, was 35. He married Mariah Lucy Browning on 20 March 1855, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States. He lived in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States for about 50 years. In 1860, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 24 December 1903, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Packerville Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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- John L Chapman, "United States Census, 1870"
- John L. Chapman, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- John L Chapman, "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939"
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1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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