Brief Life History of Judith
When Judith Chapman was born on 29 January 1617, in Bath Abbey, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Chapman, was 45 and her mother, Joane Webb, was 45. She died on 22 March 1617, in Somerset, England, at the age of 0.
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- Judith Chapman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Judith Chapman, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
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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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