Asa Chapman Hon.
b: 02 SEP 1770
d: 25 SEP 1825
Biography
Asa Chapman
Gender:Male
Born:September 2, 1770
Died:September 25, 1825
Later Residences:Newtown, CT, New Haven, CT
Marriage(s): Mary Perry Chapman (September 2, 1798)
Biographical Notes: Asa Chapman was the son of Phineas and Mary(Hillier) Chapman. He studied for college with Rev. Frederick W.Hotchkiss of Saybrook, CT. After graduating from Yale, Chapman taughtbriefly at the academy of North Salem as well as in Norwalk, CT. Hecontinued teaching while attending the Litchfield Law School. Afterbeing admitted to the bar, he established a law practice in Newtown,CT. He married and he and his wife had four children. In 1824, Chapmanmoved his family to New Haven, CT and briefly opened a law schoolwhich he had to abandon for health reasons. He died of consumption atthe age of fifty-six.
Education Years at LLS:1794
Other Education: Graduated from Yale College in 1792
Profession:Educator; Lawyer; Political Office
Admitted To Bar:1795
State Posts:State Representative (CT)
Judge of the Superior Court of Errors (CT) 1818-1825
Facts
  • 02 SEP 1770 - Birth - ; Saybrook, CT
  • 25 SEP 1825 - Death - ; New Haven, CT
  • Occupation - Lawyer and Judge of the Supreme Court
Ancestors
   
Caleb Chapman Deacon
06 OCT 1706 - 04 JUN 1785
 
 
Phineas Chapman
13 AUG 1732 - 1773
  
  
  
Thankful Lord
1707 - 31 AUG 1747
 
Asa Chapman Hon.
02 SEP 1770 - 25 SEP 1825
  
 
  
Benony Hilliard
12 MAR 1715 - 19 AUG 1801
 
 
Mary Hillier
03 MAY 1747 -
  
  
  
Martha Lord
1713 - 24 OCT 1796
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Phineas Chapman
Birth13 AUG 1732Saybrook, CT
Death1773
Marriage22 SEP 1763to Mary Hillier at Saybrook, CT
FatherCaleb Chapman Deacon
MotherThankful Lord
PARENT (F) Mary Hillier
Birth03 MAY 1747Killingworth, CT
Death
Marriage22 SEP 1763to Phineas Chapman at Saybrook, CT
FatherBenony Hilliard
MotherMartha Lord
CHILDREN
MAsa Chapman Hon.
Birth02 SEP 1770Saybrook, CT
Death25 SEP 1825New Haven, CT
Marriage02 SEP 1798to Mary "Polly" Perry at Newtown, Connecticut
MJohn Chapman
Birth1766, New Haven, Connecticut
Death
MJames Chapman
Birth1763Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT
Death28 OCT 1852
FMary Chapman
Birth29 JUN 1776Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT
Death20 AUG 1849New York City, New York Co., NY
MNathanael Chapman
Birth1773Connecticut, USA
DeathJAN 1860Morgan CO., KY
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Asa Chapman Hon.
Birth02 SEP 1770Saybrook, CT
Death25 SEP 1825 New Haven, CT
Marriage02 SEP 1798to Mary "Polly" Perry at Newtown, Connecticut
FatherPhineas Chapman
MotherMary Hillier
PARENT (F) Mary "Polly" Perry
Birth13 AUG 1778Newtown, CT
Death21 MAR 1850 Brooklyn, NY
Marriage02 SEP 1798to Asa Chapman Hon. at Newtown, Connecticut
FatherBennet Perry Dr.
MotherSarah Beers
CHILDREN
MWilliam P Chapman
Birth
Death
MCharles Clarke Chapman
Birth21 JUN 1799Newtown, Fairfield, CT
Death07 AUG 1869Hartford, CT
Marriage03 JAN 1821to Sarah Tomlinson at Newtown
MHenry P Chapman
Birth
Death
FCharlotte Chapman
Birth
Death
Evidence
[S337] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934
[S154] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
[S38] wft976vol3.FTW
[S43] World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1
[S142] Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2011
[S419] Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
Descendancy Chart
Asa Chapman Hon. b: 02 SEP 1770 d: 25 SEP 1825
Mary "Polly" Perry b: 13 AUG 1778 d: 21 MAR 1850
Charles Clarke Chapman b: 21 JUN 1799 d: 07 AUG 1869
Sarah Tomlinson b: 06 MAR 1801 d: 17 MAR 1876
Frances Chapman b: 1822 d: BET 1825 AND 1929
Charles R. Chapman b: 1827 d: 1897
Robert Holland Chapman b: 1867 d: 1942
Elizabeth D. Chapman b: 04 APR 1856
Kenneth Cornwallis b: 19 FEB 1883
Thomas Brownell Chapman b: 08 JAN 1859 d: 09 MAR 1904
Hellen P. Chapman b: APR 1860
Priscilla Alden Chapman b: 19 JUN 1896 d: 30 SEP 1982
Charles Morgan Aldrich b: 03 JAN 1893 d: BEF 1982
Thomas Chapman Aldrich b: 14 OCT 1923 d: 15 DEC 1944
Charles Morgan Aldrich Jr b: 10 FEB 1921 d: 06 AUG 1979
Louise Piper b: 1922 d: 1962
Charlotte Chapman b: 04 MAR 1825 d: 29 OCT 1875
Samuel McClune (McLean) b: 13 FEB 1820 d: 10 JAN 1893
Thomas McLean b: 21 JAN 1855 d: 26 AUG 1906
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Helen Seely Kingan b: DEC 1855
Anne McLean b: 28 SEP 1847 d: 23 JAN 1935
John Aaron Buckingham b: 01 APR 1839 d: 04 JUN 1899
Scovill McLean Buckingham b: 03 OCT 1876 d: 15 MAY 1965
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Margaret McConway b: 01 MAR 1883 d: 18 OCT 1940
Scovill McLean "Mickey" Buckingham b: 11 JUN 1911 d: 08 FEB 1994
Mary Elizabeth Janssen b: 19 NOV 1917 d: 18 AUG 1978
John Eaton Buckingham b: 16 NOV 1949 d: 03 NOV 1968
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Mary Buckingham b: 01 DEC 1907 d: 25 MAY 1967
Edward Earl Donstan b: 23 JUL 1903 d: 18 NOV 1968
Alden McLean "Moxie" Donstan b: 1934 d: 1957
Edward Earl Donston b: 09 NOV 1929 d: 25 JAN 1999
Peter Donston b: 07 AUG 1937 d: 04 OCT 2003
Allan Harkness Donston b: 13 FEB 1935 d: 05 SEP 1998
Anne Buckingham Donstan b: 19 APR 1931 d: 08 APR 1985
Jesse Grant b: 14 JUL 1898 d: 1978
Margaret McLean "Peggy" Buckingham b: 11 SEP 1909 d: 20 JUL 2007
Franklyn Sherwood Alexander b: 21 JAN 1910 d: FEB 1976
Josephine Alden Buckingham b: 24 MAR 1919 d: 02 JUN 1995
Wilbur Hinds Caney b: 05 APR 1915 d: 18 JUL 2006
Charles Benedict Buckingham b: 09 AUG 1878 d: 18 OCT 1936
Agnes DeForest Curtiss b: 23 SEP 1882 d: 03 SEP 1979
Elizabeth "betty" Murray Buckingham b: 9 JAN 1909 d: 26 DEC 2015
Agnes "Nancy" Curtiss Buckingham b: 19 SEP 1916 d: 05 MAY 2006
Henry Taft Snowdon b: 03 NOV 1912 d: 29 APR 1995
Henry Taft Snowdon Jr. b: 28 JAN 1947 d: 16 NOV 2011
John DeForest Buckingham b: 06 SEP 1907 d: 28 JAN 1994
Constance Leake b: 29 JAN 1908 d: 25 MAY 1962
Harriette Anne Buckingham b: 27 MAR 1906 d: 24 MAY 1983
John Norman Lindeke b: 09 FEB 1908 d: 17 AUG 1984
William Middlebrook Goss b: 17 SEP 1894 d: 04 JUL 1962
Charles Benedict Buckingham Jr. b: 22 DEC 1919 d: 22 DEC 1919