Benjamin Chapman was born on 20 January 1807, in County Wexford, Ireland as the son of William Chapman. He married Ann Maria Bryant on 18 June 1831, in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 20 January 1873, in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Gosford Cemetery, North Augusta, Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
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