Throope Chapman (1738–1794) was one of the founders of Readsboro, Vermont, USA.[2][3] He was an early settler of Dwight, Massachusetts.[4][5] Throope (also spelled Throop) 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]
Throope Chapman | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 25, 1739 Ashford, Connecticut, British American |
| Died | 1794 Readsboro, Vermont, USA |
| Spouse | Deborah Wilson[1] |
He purchased acreage southwest of the intersection of North Street and Gulf Road, near the Scarborough Brook, in North Belchertown, about 1770. Here, three generations of his descendants farmed, had an apiary, and operated a gristmill, wheelwright and carpentry shop.[8]
In 1777, Throope enlisted at Belchertown as a private in Capt. Jonathan Bardwell's company, Col. Elisha Porter's regiment. His sons William and Ebenezer served as well. They founded the village of Belcher, Hebron, Washington County, New York, in 1781.
In 1785, Throope founded Readsboro, Vermont, where he was a selectman until his death in 1794.[9]
Notable descendants include Welcome Chapman and Oliver Smith Chapman.
References
edit- ^ "Branch 101". www.oldwillow.com.[1]. Accessed 1 July 2007.
- ^ Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (1929). History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. Vermont: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. p. 53.
- ^ State Papers of Vermont. Vermont Office of Secretary of State. The Tuttle Company, 1958, p. 3.
- ^ "Belchertown Soldiers Memorial, a War Memorial". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ 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: [2]
- ^ Jenks, Gladys. History of Dwight. Unpublished. Stone House Museum, Belchertown Historical Association, Belchertown, Massachusetts.
- ^ Coolidge, Austin Jacobs; Mansfield, John Brainard (1859). A History and Description of New England, General and Local. Boston: A.J. Coolidge. pp. 883. OCLC 12762947.
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