Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Norman Chapman Family Genealogy Papers
2008.17.r
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
- Creator
- Killam, Ephraim, 1819-1888
- Creator
- Chapman, Norm, (Norman)
- Title
- Norman Chapman Family Genealogy Papers
- ID
- 2008.17.r
- Date
- [n.d.]
- Extent
- 1.0 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Language
- English
Scope and Contents note
Genealogy of Chapman family collected by Norman Chapman. Charles Clarke Chapman and Albert Ellsworth Chapman, Norman Chapman's great-grandfather, were third cousins. The genealogy of the Chapman family is traced back primarily from Edward Chapman of Yorkshire around 1638 and continues to the present. Materials mainly consist of photocopies, internet site prints, and a self-printed monographic history. Three box folders are dedicated to the history of Charles C. Chapman's great-grandfather, Jacob Kimble chapman.
Arrangement note
Box-Folder 1
Box-Folder 2Genealogy, Jacob Kimble Chapman and his wife, Julia Griffith Chapman
Genealogy, Jacob Kimble Chapman and his wife, Julia Griffith Chapman
Box-Folder 3
Genealogy, Jacob Kimble Chapman and his wife, Julia Griffith Chapman
Box-Folder 4
Genealogy
Box 5 Folder
1. Letter, by Norman Chapman "To My Very Distant Cousins" 1/4/2007 and updated 1/2/09, discusses Chapman family lineage.
2. Correspondence, reprints, from Uriah Chapman to his children in 1807 and by Chapman Forseth to his parents in 1810.
3. Document, reprint from the National Archives, "War of Revolution Military Service Records of Samuel Jenne Griffeth" ca 1830's.
4. Chart, oversized family tree/family lineage.
5. Document, reprint from the National Archives, Civil War Record of Willard D. Chapman, died in the Siege of Vicksburgh 5/23/1863.
6. Monograph, self-printed, "1887 History of the Settlement Upon the Wallenpaupack" by Ephraim Killam, ca 1880-1888.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research.
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Chapman family.
Personal Name(s)
- Chapman, Rebecca Jane Clarke, 1829-1874 -- History
- Clarke, Eliza Swink Russell, 1805 -- History
- Chapman, Sidney Smith -- History
- Clarke, David, 1799-? -- History
- Chapman, Uriah, 1760-1827 -- History
- Chapman, Willard D., 1837-1863 -- History
- Chapman, Charles C., (Clarke), 1853-1944 -- History
- Chapman, Rebecca St. John, 1764-1851 -- History
- Chapman, Jacob Kimble, 1803-1971 -- History
- Chapman, Julia (Juliza) Griffith, 1808-1845 -- History