Brief Life History of Robert F
Robert F Chapman III was born on 30 September 1707, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America. He had at least 1 son with Chapman. He died on 25 August 1771, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America, at the age of 63.
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1729
Historical Boundaries: 1729: Baltimore, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Baltimore, Maryland, United States 1851: *Baltimore City, Maryland, United States. *Became Independent City from Baltimore County.
1729
Baltimore Timeline: 1729: Founded 1745: Absorbed Oldtown or Jonestown, and Fells Point 1768: County seat of Baltimore County 1796: Jonestown, Fells Point and Baltimore incorporated as City of Baltimore 1851: independent City
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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