FIRST GENERATION

1. Benjamin Chapman ⁽¹⁾ died on 22 JUN 1786 in Southington, CT. ⁽²⁾ Page 322 of the FW Chapman book states" The descendants of Rev Benjamin Chapman are unable to give any account of his parentage. The prevailing belief among them, however, is that he originated from Say-Brook. .......
The following facts in regard to the subject of this brief sketch have been obtained from the records of the church in Southington, and from his grandson, the Hon. Reuben A.Chapman, of Springfield, Mass. He graduated at Princeton, in the class of 1754, and was ordained and installed at Southington, (then the Third Church in Farmington, , Conn,.) March 17, 1756. He officiated as the pastor of that church upward of eighteen years, being dismissed September 28, 1774. He continued, after his dismission, to reside in Southington until his decease, a period of nearly twelve years. He married Miss Abigail Riggs, of Derby, and had, but her, eight children.

Mr. Chapman was esteemed by his cotemporaried, as a sound and useful minister of the gospel. "

He was married to Abigail Riggs. ⁽³⁾ Abigail Riggs ⁽⁴⁾ died on 10 OCT 1782 in Southington, CT. ⁽⁵⁾ Benjamin Chapman and Abigail Riggs had the following children:

2 i. Abigail Chapman was born on 10 OCT 1756.⁽⁶⁾ She died on 15 OCT 1776.⁽⁷⁾ Abigail was unmarried.

3 ii. Roswell Riggs Chapman⁽⁸⁾ was born on 14 FEB 1758.⁽⁹⁾ He died on 5 SEP 1776 in in the Revolutionary War..⁽¹⁰⁾
4 iii. Sarah Chapman⁽¹¹⁾ was born on 17 MAY 1759.⁽¹²⁾ She died on 10 JAN 1804. ⁽¹³⁾
+5 iv. Clarissia Chapman.
+6 v. Benjamin Chapman.
+7 vi. Permeia (Pamela) Chapman.
+8 vii. Samuel Chapman.
9 viii. Levi Chapman was born on 30 OCT 1768.⁽¹⁴⁾