Ancestry of Mark David Chapman

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Mark David Chapman should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

Christopher Challender Child provided major contributions to this report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Mark David Chapman
1 Mark David Chapman, b. Tarrant Co., Tex. [near Fort Worth], 10 May 1955
PARENTS
2 David Curtis Chapman, b. ... , Conn., ... , d. ... 1998
m.
3 Diane Elizabeth Pease, b. Springfield, Mass., 1 Sept. 1931 [Mass VRs 1931, 128:320]
GRANDPARENTS
4 ... Chapman, b. ... , d. ...
m.
5 ... , b. ... , d. ...
6 Henry Horace Pease, b. Stafford Springs, Conn., 20 June 1897, d. Palmer, Mass., 2 Sept. 1978 [SSDI 034-07-4482]
m. ... [ca. 1926]
7 Myrtle Svea Nelson, b. Naugatuck, Conn., 5 July 1901, d. West Springfield, Mass., 29 July 1993 [SSDI 016-10-2825]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12 Stephen Pease, b. ... , Canada, ... Jan. 1858, d. ...
m. ... [ca. 1886]
13 Jennifer ... , b. ... , Vermont, ... Sept. 1866, d. ...
14 ... Nelson, b. ... , Sweden, ... , d. ...
m. ...
15 ... , b. ... , Sweden, ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
24 Horace Webster Pease, b. Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, 10 Nov. 1818, d. ... [between 1880 and 1900]
m.
25 Lovinia Blodgett, b. ... , Canada, ... June 1826, d. ... [after 1900]
26 ... , b. ... , Canada, ... , d. ...
m.
27 ... , b. ... , Canada, ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
48 Anthony Pease, b. ... , Conn., ... [ca. 1789], d. ... , Canada, 6 April 1842
m.
49 Harriet Webster, b. ... , Conn., ... [ca. 1789], d. ... 9 Aug. 1838
50 ... , b. ... , Conn., ... , d. ...
m.
51 ... , b. ... , Canada, ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
98 Israel Webster, b. Lebanon, Conn. 25 May 1756, d. Ascot, Lower Canada, 3 May 1838
m. Lebanon, Conn., 13 March 1781
99 Mary Sophia Carpenter, b. ... [ca. 1762], d. Ascot, Lower Canada, 5 April 1854
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
196 Jonathan Webster, b. Lebanon, Conn., 26 Feb. 1727, d. ... 23 April 1783
m. Lebanon, Conn., 25 May 1748
197 Dorothy Hills, b. Lebanon, Conn., 20 Nov. 1730, d. ... 3 April 1762
198 Ephraim Carpenter, b. ... , d. ...
m.
199 Sophia Wheeler, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
392 Jonathan Webster, b. Northampton, Mass., 5 Nov. 1700, d. ... 27 July 1746
m.
393 Mary Strong, b. ... 19 Sept. 1707, d. ... 1756
394 Philip Hills, b. ... , d. ...
m.
395 Hannah Cutting, b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
784 George Webster, b. Northampton, Mass., 7 Nov. 1670, d. Lebanon, Conn., 12 April 1747
m. ... 13 Dec. 1695
785 Sarah Bliss, b. Springfield, Mass., 10 Sept. 1677 d. ...
786 Josiah Strong, b. ... 11 Jan. 1677/8, d. Colchester, Conn., 5 April 1759
m. ... 5 Jan. 1697/8
787 Joanna Gillette, b. ... , d. ...
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1568 Thomas Webster, b. ... , d. Northfield, Mass., 20 Oct. 1686
m. Hadley, Mass., 16 June 1663
1569 Abigail Alexander, b. Hadley, Mass., 16 June 1647 d. ... Aug. 1688
1570 Samuel Bliss, b. ... , d. Springfield, Mass., 23 March 1719/20
m. Springfield, Mass., 10 Nov. 1665
1571 Mary Leonard, b. ... 14 Sept. 1647, d. ... 11 March 1723/4
1572 John Strong, b. ... , d. Windsor, Conn., 20 Feb. 1697/8
m.
1573 Elizabeth Warriner, b. ... , d. Windsor, Conn., 7 June 1684
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
3136 John Webster, b. ... , d. Hadley, Mass., 5 April 1661
m.
3137 Agnes Smith, b. ... , d. Hartford, Conn., 15 July 1655
3138 George Alexander, b. ... , d. Northampton, Mass., 5 May 1703
m.
3139 Susanna ... , b. ... , d. Northampton, Mass., 3 May 1684
3140 Thomas Bliss, b. ... , d. ...
m.
3141 Margaret Hulings, b. ... , d. Springfield, Mass., 28 Aug. 1684
3142 John Leonard, b. ... , d. Springfield, Mass., 20 March 1675/6
m.
3143 Sarah Heald, b. ... , d. Springfield, Mass., 23 Nov. 1711
3144 John Strong, b. ... , d. Northampton, Mass., 14 April 1699
m.
3145 Marjorie Deane, b. ... , d. ...
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
6284 Thomas Leonard, b. ... , d. ...
m.
6285 Lydia White, b. ... , d. ...
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 Massachusetts, Hampden Co., Springfield, ED 33, sheet 7A, line 1

Pease Henry H    H   M W 32 M 28    CT Canada VT         Timekeeper    Elec Equipment
      Myrtle S   W   F W 28 M 24    CT Sweden Sweden     Clerk         Gift Shop
    (1 roomer) 

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1900 Connecticut, Tolland Co., Stafford Springs, ED 500, sheet 9, line 29

Pease Lavinia    H     W F Jun 1826 73 Wd    5 5    Canada Canada Canada   1872 28
      Achsah M   D     W F Sep 1854 45 S            Canada Canada Canada   1872 28 Al    Laborer        Steam Shop
      Stephen    S     W M Jan 1858 41 M  14        Canada Canada Canada   1872 28        ...
      Jennifer   DiL   W F sep 1866 33 M  14 5 5    Vt     Canada Canada
      Mabel      GD    W F Oct 1876 13 S            Conn   Canada Vt                     At school
      Jessie     GD    W F Oct 1877 12 S            Conn   Canada Vt                     At school
      Walter     GS    W M Dec 1891  8 S            Conn   Canada Vt                     At school
      Gertrude   GD    W F Dec 1893  6 S            Conn   Canada Vt                     At school
      Henry      GS    W M Jun 1897  2 S            Conn   Canada Vt                     At school

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NOTES








784 & 785 -- George Webster and Sarah Bliss have other descendants:

George Webster m. Sarah Bliss
.Noah Webster m. Katherine Newcomb
 .Moses Webster m. Elizabeth Bennett
  .Lucretia Websterm. Thomas Newcomb
   .Moses Webster Newcomb m. Sarah Peck
    .Daniel Webster Newcomb m. Emeline Fay Crawford
     .Ada Emmeline Newcomb m. Henry Frazier Martineau
      .Daniel Leroy Martineau m. Marion Alice Sidnam
       .Carol Newcomb Martineau m. Alexander Rae Baldwin
        .Alexander Rae (ALEC) BALDWIN (b. 1958), actor
        .William (BILLY) BALDWIN (b. 1963), actor
        .DANIEL BALDWIN (b. 1960), actor
        .STEPHEN BALDWIN (b. 1966), actor




1570 & 1571 -- Samuel Bliss and Mary Leonard have other descendants:

Samuel Bliss m. Mary Leonard
.Thomas Bliss m. Hannah Caldwell
 .Daniel Bliss m. Phebe Walker
 |.Phebe Bliss m. William Emerson
 | .William Emerson m. Ruth Haskins
 |  .RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882), author
 .Hannah Bliss m. Samuel Hubbard
  .Esther Hubbard m. Edmund Damon
   .Jason Damon m. Lucy Owen
    .Edmund Damon m. Sarah Hicks
     .Albert Nelson Damon m. Hattie Salisbury
      .Albert Howe Damon m. Grace Henrietta Telfer
       .Albert Howe Damon m. Roberta Fay
        .Kent Damon m. Nancy Carlsson-Paige
         .MATTHEW PAIGE DAMON (b. 1970), actor




3142 & 3143 -- John Leonard and Sarah Heald have other descendants:

John Leonard m. Sarah Heald
.Benjamin Leonard m. Sarah Scott
|.Margaret Leonard m. Joseph Ely
| .Zebia Ely m. Stephen Chapin
|  .Asahel Chapin m. Sarah Frink
|   .Stephen Chapin m. Louisa Hummiston
|    .Hummiston Chapin m. Sarah Hunt Wing
|     .James Ayrault Chapin m. Delia Ryder
|      .James Ormsbee Chapin m. Abigail Forbes
|       .James Forbes Chapin m. Jeanne Elspeth Burke
|        .HARRY FOSTER CHAPIN (1942-1981), songwriter
.Josiah Leonard m. Sarah Dumbleton
|.Mary Leonard m. John Root
| .Hewit Root m. Experience Pomeroy
| |.James Root m. Nannie Robb
| | .Elihu Root m. Achsah Pomeroy
| |  .Oren Root m. Nancy Whitney Buttrick
| |  |.ELIHU ROOT (1845-1937), US Secretary of State
| |  .Philander Sheldon Root m. Elizabeth Bloodgood
| |   .Lynott Bloodgood Root m. Anna Robbins
| |    .Elizabeth Middleton Root m. Henry Winters Luce
| |     .HENRY ROBINSON LUCE (1903-1987), editor
| .John Root m. Anna Loomis
|  .Ezekiel Root m. Ruth Noble
|   .George Bridges Rodney Root m. Honora Robbins
|    .Elizabeth Robbins Root m. Manning Francis
|     .Frederick Augustus Francis m. Jessie Stevens
|      .Ann Ayers Francis m. John Newell Robbins
|       .Kenneth Seymour Robbins m. Edith Luckett
|        .Anne Francis Robbins [NANCY DAVIS] (b. 1921) m. RONALD WILSON REAGAN (1911-2004), US President
.Martha Leonard m. Benjamin Waite
 .Jeremiah Waite m. Mary Graves
 |.Mary Waite m. Richard Morton
 | .Benjamin Morton m. Mary Dexter
 |  .Benjamin Morton m. Hannah Dexter
 |   .Eunice Morton m. Jonathan Stanford
 |    .Emery Stanford m. Mary Lydia Elliott
 |     .Sarah Mehitable Stanford m. Justin Smith Hall
 |      .EMERY STANFORD HALL (1869-1939), architect, m. Clara Louise Adams
 |       .Josephine Sarah Hall m. Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo
 |        .Jo Raquel Tejada [RAQUEL WELCH], actress (b. 1940)
 .Sarah Waite m. John Belden
  .Rhoda Belden m. Aaron Sheldon
   .Reuben Sheldon m. Sarah West
    .Submit Sheldon m. Joseph Garlinghouse
     .Leman Benton Garlinghouse m. Martha Ann Spaulding
      .Caroline Garlinghouse m. Alfred Augustus Houghton
       .Katharine Martha Houghton m. Thomas Horval Hepburn
        .KATHARINE HOUGHTON HEPBURN (1909-2003), actress










FURTHER NOTES




The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) publishes a Patriot Index, a list of persons whose honorable service in the cause of independence during the American Revolution renders their female descendants eligible for membership in the NSDAR. Several ancestors of Mark David Chapman appear in the Patriot Index, including:


    Israel Webster (number 98)
    Jonathan Webster (number 196)

While Mr. Chapman is not eligible for membership in the NSDAR (by not being female), he is eligible for membership in the equivalent organization for men, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.















SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


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William Addams Reitwiesner

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