Handley E. Chipman, Sr.

Descendant of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland

GEDCOM Note

Biography ==Handley Chipman was born 31 Aug 1717 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Hon. John Chipman and Elizabeth Handley. Handley married first, in 1740 Jane Allen (1722-1775) with whom he had 11 children and second, in 1775 Nancy Post (1755- ) with whom he had five children. On 7 May 1761, Handley removed from Newport, Rhode Island to Nova Scotia.<ref>Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Compiled by Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr. and Norma H. Smith. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD. 2007</ref>

Handley was renowned as a cabinet maker. He was a magistrate and in 1753 a Deputy in the Rhode Island General Assembly. In Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia he was a justice of the peace and judge of probate, holding the latter ofifice until his death. Handley Chipman passed away 27 May 1799 at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.<ref>Chipman, Alberto Lee. TheChipman family, a genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631-1920. B. L. Chipman. Winston, Salem, N.C. 1920. Handley Chipman, pp. 24-5</ref> He is buried at Chipman Corner Cemetery, Chipmans Corner, Kings County, Nova Scotia.<ref>Handley Chipman: 115269657</ref> A son of Handley Chipman and Jane (Allen) Chipman was William Allen Chipman. From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography:
: William Allen Chipman was the son of a Rhode Island cabinet-maker, adevout man of “strong character and great intelligence” who in May 1761 brought his wife and children to Cornwallis Township. The family established a dominant place for itself in the economic, political, and religious life of Kings County, and William, who may have lived briefly at Annapolis Royal before returning to Cornwallis, became a wealthy merchant and reputedly one of the county’s largest landowners. He also held many public offices: clerk of Cornwallis Township and customs collector for the county, 1794–1845; justice of the peace, 1797–1845; judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 1821–41; and custos rotulorum, 1841–45. The last three posts had been held for a time by his elder brother John, a member of the House of Assembly for Cornwallis Township from 1776 to 1785.<ref>Carman Miller, “CHIPMAN, WILLIAM ALLEN,” in Dictionary of CanadianBiography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 13, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/chipman_william_allen_7E.html.</ref>

Timeline

1717 Aug 31:
Birth of Handley Chipman in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of John Chipman and Elizabeth Handley.

1740 Apr 24:
Marriage of Handley Chipman to Jane Allen in Second Congregational Church, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.

1741 Feb 19:
Birth of daughter, Elizabeth Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

1742 Jul 21:
Birth of son, John Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

1743 Jul 17:
Birth of daughter, Margaret Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

1743 Aug:
Death of son, John Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. He was 1 year old.

1744 Dec 18:
Birth of son, John Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

1746 Nov 11:
Birth of daughter, Catherine Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

1748 Oct 09:
Birth of son, Handley Chipman in Newport, Rhode Island.

1748 Nov 02:
Death of son, Handley Chipman in Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. He was 1 month old.

1750 Nov 21:
Birth of daughter, Rebecca Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

1756 Jan 17:
Birth of son, Thomas Chipman in Newport, Newport Rhode Island.

1757 Nov 08:
Birth of son, William Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

1759:
Birth of son, Anthony Chipman in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

1761 May 07:
Death of daughter, Margaret Chipman in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. She was 18 years old.

1764 Feb 09:
Death of daughter, Elizabeth Chipman in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.

1772 Oct 06:
Birth of daughter, Nancy Chipman in Cornwallis, Kings,Nova Scotia, Canada.

1775 Dec 14:
Marriage of Handley Chipman to Nancy Post in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1777 Jan 17:
Birth of son, Thomas Chipman in Chipmans Corner, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1778 May 08:
Death of daughter, Rebecca Chipman in Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was 27 years old.

1779 Mar 20:
Birth of son, Zachariah Chipman in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1780 Dec 04:
Birth of son, Major Chipman in Horton 35, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1784 Jun 28:
Birth of son, Stephen Chipman in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1812 Jun 21:
Death of daughter, Catherine Chipman in Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was 66 years old.

1830 Oct 11:
Death of son, Thomas Chipman in Nictaux, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was 74 years old.

1836 Apr 29:
Death of son, John Chipman in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was 92 years old.

1844 Feb 28:
Death of son, Thomas Chipman in Chipmans Corner, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was 67 years old.

1846 Dec 28:
Death of son, William Chipman in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was 89 years old.

1849 May p5:
Death of son, Stephen Chipman in Round Hill, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was 65 years old.

1860 Jul 01:
Death of son, Zachariah Chipman in Yarmouth, Yarmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada. He was 81 years old.

1861 Dec 21:
Death of daughter, Nancy Chipman in West Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was 89 years old.

1871 Mar 28:
Death of son, Major Chipman in Round Hill, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was 91 years old.

Sources

<references />* Marriage Records: "Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25489-30224-28?cc=192... : 21 May 2014), Kings > Cornwallis Square > Church of England in Canada St John > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1718-1911 > image 111 of 751; Catholic Church and Church of England parishes, Nova Scotia* Four Nova Scotia Families: Hennigar, Elliott, Harvey, Chipman : membership required* Progeny of Henry Duke/Dukes* "The Chipman family, a genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631-1920"* Source S-2091054882 Title: AncestryFamily Trees. Repository: #R-2091054883. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Acknowledgments - Contributors ==* Berto Blaesi, W. DeCoursey, G. Knudsen, David voelker, and others who may have been omitted.

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Acadia University Archives ==Chipman family fondsHandley Chipman. – [17--], 1777-1799. – 9 folders of textual recordsHandley Chipman was born August 31, 1717 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. His father, John Chipman, had nine children by a previous wife and subsequently had two children by Handley’s mother, Elizabeth, who died in 1725. A cabinet maker by trade, Handley Chipman became a Justice of the Peace (1748) in Newport, Rhode Island. He was elected Magistrate in 1753 and

Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly.Chipman acquired land in Cornwallis, Kings Co., Nova Scotia and moved there on 7 May 1761. He was eventually elected Justice of the Peace, then Judge of Probate, a position whichhe maintained until his death.Chipman was married twice, the first taking place on 24 April 1740 to Jean Allen (1722-1775), and the second on 14 December 1775 to Nancy Post (1755-1802). He had fifteen children in total: eleven by Jean Allen and four with Nancy Post. His eighth child was Thomas Handley (1756-1830) who became one of the founders of the Baptist denomination in Nova Scotia. His ninth child was William Allen Chipman (1757-1845), a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Town Clerk for Cornwallis, and an M.P. for Kings County between 1799 and 1806 and for Cornwallis between 1918 and 1818.1Handley Chipman died on 27 May 1799 in Cornwallis, Kings Co., N.S. andis buried in the Congregational Cemetery, Chipmans Corner, Kings Co.,N.S. The inscription on his tombstone reads: Here Lies the Body of Handley Chipman Esqr who Departed this life May the 27th, 1799 in the 82nd Year of his Age.