Throope Chapman Explained
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.
Notes and References
- "Branch 101". www.oldwillow.com.http://www.oldwillow.com/Genealogy/johnna/f_64.htm. Accessed 1 July 2007.
- Book: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association . History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association . 1929 . Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association . Vermont . 53 .
- State Papers of Vermont. Vermont Office ofSecretary of State. The Tuttle Company, 1958, p. 3.
- Web site: Belchertown Soldiers Memorial, a War Memorial . 2023-10-12 . www.hmdb.org . en.
- 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: https://archive.org/details/collectionsconn00socigoog
- Book: Coolidge, Austin Jacobs . Mansfield, John Brainard . A History and Description of New England, General and Local . 1859 . A.J. Coolidge . Boston . 12762947 . 883 .
