Throope Chapman
Throope Chapman | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 25, 1739 Ashford, Connecticut, USA |
| Died | 1794 Readsboro, Vermont, USA |
| Spouse | Deborah Wilson[1] |
Throope Chapman (1738–1794) was one of the founders of Readsboro, Vermont, USA.[2][3] He was also an early settler of Dwight, Massachusetts.[4][5] He served with Thomas Knowlton[6] as a member of Captain John Slapp's 8th Co, First Connecticut Regiment, during the Campaign of 1757 in the French and Indian War[7] and also served in the Revolutionary War. He was a selectman in Readsboro through his death in 1794.[8]
Notable descendants include Welcome Chapman.
References[edit]
- ^ "Branch 101". www.oldwillow.com.[1]. Accessed 1 July 2007.
- ^ Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (1929). History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. Vermont: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. p. 53.
- ^ State Papers of Vermont. Vermont Office of Secretary of State. The Tuttle Company, 1958, p. 3.
- ^ "Belchertown Soldiers Memorial, a War Memorial". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Doolittle, Mark. Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church in Belchertown, Mass. United States, Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2022.
- ^ "Lt. Col. Thomas Knowlton, Connecticut's Forgotten Hero". The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Historical Series, Number Three, September 1997. http://www.connecticutsar.org/articles/scarlet_no3.htm. Accessed 13 July 2007.
- ^ "Eighth Company - Capt. Slapp". Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society. Connecticut Historical Society. Volume IX. Hartford, Connecticut, 1903. Page 184. Google Books: [2]
- ^ Coolidge, Austin Jacobs; Mansfield, John Brainard (1859). A History and Description of New England, General and Local. Boston: A.J. Coolidge. pp. 883. OCLC 12762947.
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