James Chapman was born in 1806, in Massachusetts, United States. He married Mehitable Wilson Cloutman on 21 February 1843, in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States for about 15 years.
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.
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