When Welcome Chapman was born on 24 July 1805, in Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Benjamin Chapman, was 21 and his mother, Sibyl Amidown, was 21. He married Susan Amelia Risley in 1831, in Madison, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. In 1880, at the age of 75, his occupation is listed as stone mason in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 9 December 1893, in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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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.
Possible Related NamesMary Ann Chapman Richey gave this account in her personal history about her grandfather Welcome Chapman. "When they were ready to cut stone for the Salt Lake Temple, grandfather was called to Salt Lak …
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