Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Chapman was born about 1814, in Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Peleg Chapman, was 43 and his mother, Lucy Benjamin, was 44.
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Parents and Siblings
1773– Male
1771–1816 Female
Siblings (7)
1799–1839 Male
1801– Male
1802–1846 Female
1805–1881 Male
1810– Male
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World Events (3)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 5
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 6
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Age 15
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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