CHIPMAN HISTORY

NAME FIRST FOUND IN SOMEREST BEFORE NORMAN CONQUEST

JOHN CHIPMAN SAILED FROM BARNSTABLE, DEVON, ENGLAND ABOARD THE WHITE ANGEL IN 1650, MARRIED ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF JOHN HOWLAND FROM THE MAYFLOWER.
JOHN WAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL COURT OF THE FIRST CONLONY IN AMERICA.
THOMAS CHIPMAN CAME TO AMERICA IN 1670

JOHN CHIPMAN, ELDER SON OF PEREZ CHIPMAN, BORN MARCH 24, 1761 IN KENT COUNTY,DEL, DEID APRO; 19.1834. HE MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA AROUND 1785. HE WAS A FARMER AND LIVED IN DEEP RIVER, NC, HE WAS A MAN OF PROMINENCE AND WEALTH.

PEREZ CHIPMAN, SON OF PEREZ, DIED MARCH 13,1801. HE LIVED IN CAMDEN,DEL AROUND THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTIONAY WR, AND THEN MOVED TO DEEP RIVER,NC. WHILE THE BRITISH ARMY WAS IN CONTROL OF DELAWARE, A GROUP OF SOLDIERS CAME PLUNDER, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS NONCOMBATIVE PRINCIPLES INDICATED BY HIS COAT, THEY DIVIDED THE BACON IN HIS MEATHOUSE BETWEEN HIM AND THEM. HE WATCHED QUIETLY UNTIL THE DIVIDSION WAS MADE, PITCHED THE SOLDIERS OUT THE DOOR.