When Joseph Chapman was born on 28 February 1915, in New York City, New York, United States, his father, John Lundie Chapman, was 30 and his mother, Ellen Connelly, was 31. He lived in Queens Village, Queens, New York City, New York, United States in 1920 and Queens, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 2 May 1979, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 64.
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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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