Hon. John Chipman, Jr.

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

family

parents: son of Hope Howland & John Chipman; grandson of Pilgrim John Howland

4700. John Chipman. Born on 3 Mar 1670 in Barnstable, MA. John died in Newport, RI, on 4 Jan 1756; he was 85.
John first married Mercy Skiffe (22696) , daughter of Stephen Skiffe (14 Apr 1641-8 Jun 1710) & Lydia Snow (8817) (ca 1642-13 Mar 1711). Born on 13 Nov 1671 in Sandwich, MA.173 Mercy died in Sandwich, MA, on 12 Mar 1710/1; she was 39.

Children of John and Mercy (Skiffe) Chipman, born at Sandwich:

    John Chipman   b. 1692 d. infant

• i. James Chipman, b. 18 Dec 1694;
• ii. John Chipman, b. 18 Sep 1697;
• iii.. Bethiah Chipman, b. 11 Dec 1699, m. Samuel Smith;
• iv. Mary Chipman, b. 11 Dec 1699, d. before 17 Oct 1749;
• v. Perez Sr. Chipman, b. 28 Sep 1702
• vi. Deborah Chipman, b. 6 Dec 1704;
• vii. Lydia Chipman, b. 9 Jun 1708 , d. 23 Jun 1790, m. at Sandwich 30 Sep 1724 Zephaniah Swift (b. 6 Mar 1702/3 at Plymouth, d. 9 May 1781 at Wilmington, VT, son of Jireh & Abigail (Gibbs) Swift);
• viii. Stephen Chipman, b. 9 Jun 1708, d. 27 Apr 1735; and
• ix. Ebenezer Chipman, b. 13 Nov 1709, d. before 17 Oct 1749.

Ca 1716 John second married Elizabeth Handley. Elizabeth died on 30 Jan 1724/5 in Dartmouth, MA. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Handley. children:>>>Handley Chipman b.8-31-1717 and Rebecca Chipman M.Capt. Moor

Ca 1725 John third married Hannah Huxley in Newport, RI.

notes

from http://4dtraveler.net/2011/08/27/john-chipman-jr-and-marcy-mary-ske...

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: John’s son, Handley, by second wife, Elizabeth describes his father, saying, “My dear Father was a tall Person…my dear fathers hair reddish and he of Light complection..”{D4} [See below Handley's brief biography of his family includinhg elder John Chipman.

MARRIAGE:
1. John 1st married, Mary Skiff, about 1691: to their union were born nine children including, James, John, Mary, Bethia, Perez, Deborah, Stephen, Lydia, and Ebenezer. Mary and Bethia, also Stephen and Lydia were twins. Mary died on 12 March 1711.{D2} The family lived in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.

2. In 1716, John married the widowed Elizabeth Handley Pope Russell: their union produced two children, Handley and Rebecca. After continuing to live several more years at Sandwich, John moved the family to Martha's Vineyard, where they lived for seven years before Elizabeth Handley died.  Elizabeth became very ill while visiting her ex father-in-law Captain Pope in Dartmouth and died 4-5 months later, at his residence, after a long bout with Consumption. John and Elizabeth's son, Handley, writes, "My Dear Father used to go back and forward to Visit her until about the 30 day of Jany A.D. 1725 when she departed this Life..."{D4}

3. On his last trip to visit Elizabeth before she died, John met the widow Hannah Case. Mrs. Case had just buried her husband on Martha's Vineyard and returning to the mainland. The two took the ferry and traveled together on one horse, both going in the same direction to Dartsmouth.{D4}

About a year later, in 1725, at 55 of years of age, John married the widow Hannah Huxley Griffin Case.{D2} Soon after remarrying, John sold his property on Martha's Vineyard and moved to Rhode Island "and Let his money to interest, but it depreciating fast, he called it in and went to shopkeeping." {D4}

LIVELIHOOD: While living in Sandwich John had been a coroner, Lieutenant, Captain, and a Representative to the General Assembly at Boston.

DOCUMENTS:

• 1. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. III, article Elder John Chipman's Will and Inventory, p. 181. Recorded in the Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. III, pages 228-231.
• 2. "Mayflower Families In Progress - Richard Warren...", published by General Society of Mayflower
• Descendants, 1987, p. 84.
• 3. The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipmans In America 1631-1920 by Bert Lee Chipman, 1920, Winston -Salem, NC.
• 4.  A Chipman Family History by Handley Chipman (1717-1799) of Newport, RI and Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Reproduced and printed by "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register",
• 1937 Vol. XCI, Publ by the Society at the Robert Henry Eddy Memorial Rooms,Boston.
• 5. Individual source: The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipmans In America 1631-1920 by Bert Lee Chipman, 1920, Winston -Salem, NC.

Alternate Data, omitted during merge of 12/15/09:

Death Location: Newport,Newport,Rhode Island

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Category: Barnstable, Massachusetts

Biography == Hon. John Chipman, son of John Chipman and Hope Howland, was born at Barnstable, Massachusetts 3 Mar 1670.<ref>Massachusetts Vital Records: Barnstable Births Chipman</ref><ref name=Chipman>Chipman, Bert Lee. The Chipman Family, a genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631-1920. Bert L. Chipman, Publisher. Winston-Salem, N.C. 1920. pg. 16</ref>

Chipman was a magistrate, a member of the General Court, and a justiceof the Court of Common Pleas in 1722. In Rhode Island, where he livedafter 1727, he was first of the six Associates of that colony and with the other Associates, was a member of the Commissioners of Review appointed by royal authority, who met at Norwich, Conn., and decided Connecticut's course toward the Indians.<ref name=Chipman />
Chipman married first, Mary, a daughter of Capt. Stephen Skiff of Sandwich, born 13 Nov 1671; died 12 Mar 1711. About 1715/16, he married his second wife, Elizabeth, widow of Russell and previously of Pope and daughter of Thomas Handley.<ref name=Chipman /> After residing first at Sandwich, Massachusetts, John moved the familyto Martha's Vineyard where they lived for seven years before Elizabeth died 29 Jan 1725. She became very ill while visiting her former father-in-law, Capt. Pope in Dartmouth, and died of consumption at his home four or five months later. John and Elizabeth's son, Handley, writes, "My Dear Father used to go back and forth to Visit her until about the 30 day of Jany A.D. 1725 when she departed this life."<ref name=Handley>Acadia University : Esther Clarke Archives Handley Chipman Memoir.</ref> On his last trip to visit Elizabeth before she died, John Chipman met the widow Hannah Case of Rhode Island. Mrs Case had just buried her husband on Martha's Vineyard and was returning to the mainland. They took the ferry and traveled together on one horse to Dartmouth. John and Hannah (Hoxie) Case married in 1725 at Newport, Rhode Island. Hannah died 21 Feb 1747.<ref name=Handley /> Hon. John Chipman died 4 Jan 1756 at the age of 85.<ref name=Chipman /> He is buried at the Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.<ref> John Chipman 106492780</ref> Hon. John Chipman had 10 children by his first wife, and two by his second wife.<ref name=Chipman /> John Chipman's children are also recorded in the Memoir of his son, Handley Chipman.<ref name=Handley />

Children of John Chipman and Mary Skiffe

1. James Chipman, clother
2. Perez Chipman, blacksmith
3. John Chipman, farmer
4. Ebenezer Chipman, blacksmith
5. Bethia Chipman (Mary's twin)
6. Mary Chipman (Bethia's twin)
7. Lidia Chipman (Stephen's twin)
8. Stephen Chipman (Lidia's twin), cooper
9. Deborah Chipman

Children of John Chipman and Elizabeth Handley

1. Handley Chipman b. 31 Aug 1717
2. Rebecca Chipman b. 10 Nov 1719

Sources

<references />* Pope, Charles Henry. A history of the Dorchester Pope family 1634-1888: The Plymouth Pope Family. Published by the author. Boston, MA. 1888. Pge 286.* Otis, Amos. <i>Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families</i> (F.B. & F.P. Goss, Publishers and Printers, Barnstable, Mass., 1888) Page 159* Barnstable Vital Records: Birth, Marriages and Deaths, 1643-1715 (transcribed in 1736). Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Acknowledgments ==* Berto Blaesi, G. Knudsen, Jessica Green, David Voelker, Becky Syphers, W. DeCoursey. This list is probably incomplete.

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Biography ==John Chipman was born about 1650 at Plymouth, and died young.<ref>PaneJoyce Genealogy : Family of Hope Howland (1864) & Eld. John Chipman Chipman</ref> He was the son of John Chipman andHope Howland. The date of his death is uncertain.

Research Notes ===According to the Payne Joyce genealogy, Hope and John had three sons named John:<ref>Payne Joyce Genealogy Chipman</ref>

: John Chipman (Died young) (ca 1650-)
: John Chipman (Died soon) (2 Mar 1656/7-29 May 1657) : John Chipman (3 Mar 1670-4 Jan 1756) Payne Joyce does not mention a daughter who died young, whereas the Chipman genealogy states a son and daughter died in infancy.

Sources

<references />* Chipman, Bert Lee. The Chipman Family, a genealogy of the Chipmansin America, 1631-1920. Bert L. Chipman, Publisher. Winston-Salem, N.C. 1920. pp. 13-14.* U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,3824::0

Acknowledgments ==* Thank you to Edward Askins for creating WikiTree profile Chipman-476 through the import of Askins Family (1).ged on Oct 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Edward and others.

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Will of John Chipman
John Chipman resided in Sandwich from 1691 to 1712, when he removed to Chilmark and stayed a couple of years. Returning to Sandwich, he lived there from 1714 to 1720 and again settled here. He was a man of distinction, versed in legal knowledge which he exercised in a professional way, though calling himself a 'cordwainer.' While here he was local agent for the Society for Propagating the Gospel. He removed to Newport, R.I., about 1727, soon acquried political prominence and became one of the Goveror's assistants. He died in 1756, aged 86 years. He was thrice married (1) to Mary Skiffe, (2) widow Elizabeht Russell and 3 to a Miss Hookey of Rhode Island. The will of John Chipman dated Oct. 17, 1749, proved Feb. 2, 1756, names sons James, Handley, and John Chipman; dau. in law Mary Chipman and her son William Chipman; son Perces; daus. Bethia and Deborah; Perces son of son James Chipman; dau Rebecca Moore dec. Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175875300822label=@S16@