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John CHAPMAN

1708 – 1779 · Folkestone, Kent
Father: John CHAPMAN · Mother: Rebecca OATES
👶Birth
1708
🏛️ War of the Spanish Succession
Folkestone, Kent 📍 Folkestone BDMS
Baptism Records
Baptism
31/10/1708
St Mary & St Eanswythe Parish Church, Church Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1SW 📍 Baptism Records 📎 Baptism
💼Occupation (13)
1721
Apprentice Baker
Folkestone, Kent 📍

First name: John
Last name: Chapman
Role: Apprentice
Indenture or registration year: 1721
Indenture year: 1721
Premium: £20 .0s 0d
Place: Folkestone
Apprentice's first name: John
Apprentice's last name: Chapman
Apprentice's place: Folkestone
Apprentice's parent's first name: John
Apprentice's parent's occupation: Bricklayer
Master's first name: James
Master's last name: Nickols
Master's occupation: Baker
Master's place: Folkestone
The National Archives reference (IR 1 series): 48 f 17
Society

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💒Marriage (27)
16/08/1735
Elizabeth MUNDEN
St George's Church, Canterbury, Kent 📍 Folkestone BDMS
Marriage Certificate
📎 Marriage 📎 Marriage
📝Will (71)
28/01/1779
🏛️ Industrial Revolution transforms Lancashire
Will
Ancestry.co.uk
📎 Will

Described as a Gentleman. Appoints his son William and wife Elizabeth as Executors.

Gifts and bequeaths:

£60 to his daughter, Mary wife of Hyat Church of Dover, Boat Builder.
£60 to his daughter, Elizabeth wife of ? Richard ? of Folkestone, Baker.
Messuage in Folkestone occupied by John Castle and other land to his wife, Elizabeth
Property (occupied by her husband) to his daughter Rebecca wife of Edward Harnett of Folkestone, Mariner. (and to her two daughters Elizabeth & Rebecca)
House and

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✝️Death (71)
1779
🏛️ American War of Independence
Folkestone, Kent 📍 Burial Records
🪦Burial
02/07/1779
St Mary & St Eanswythe Parish Church, Church Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1SW 📍 Find My Past 📎 Burial
⚖️Probate
24/09/1779
London, Middlesex 📍 Grant of Probate
Ancestry.co.uk
📎 Will
Children with Elizabeth MUNDEN
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b. 1736, Folkestone, Kent · m. 1764 Ann PEPPER
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b. 1740, Folkestone, Kent · d. 1793, Folkestone, Kent
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b. 1743, Folkestone, Kent
Notes

Occupation, Will & Probate records not confirmed.

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