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New York. He married, in 1751, Margaret
Perkins. The death of Levi Adams
occurred in Hartwick, in 1816.
(VI) Sergeant Levi (2) Adams, son of
Levi (i) and Margaret (Perkins) Adams,
was born in 1754, in Oswego, Oswego
county. New York, and was a carpenter
by trade. He removed to Otsego county.
New York, and Chautauqua county. New
York. As a young man he served in the
Revolutionary army with his father and
two brothers. He married, in 1772, in
Canterbury, Hannah Pettingall. Ser-
geant Adams was enrolled as a pensioner
in May, 1833, and died in December of
the same year.
(VII) Oren Adams, son of Sergeant
Levi (2) and Hannah (Pettingall) Adams,
was born in 1785, in Pawlet, Vermont.
Like his father and grandfather,
he followed the carpenter's trade, removing
to Milford, New York. He married
(first) Fanny Lee, and (second) Mrs.
Susan Cunningham.
(VIII) Oren Lee' Adams, son of Oren
and Fanny (Lee) Adams, was born in
1819, in Milford, New York, and settled
in Redding, Connecticut, where he engaged
in business as a hatter, afterward
removing to South Norwalk. He mar-
ried, in 1844, Clarissa Smith, of Wilton,
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Connecticut. Oren Lee Adams died in
South Norwalk, in 1894.
(IX) Julia Clarissa Adams, daughter of
Oren Lee and Clarissa (Smith) Adams,
was born January 31, 1856, in Redding,
Connecticut. On June 24, 1885, she became
the wife of Mortimer Montgomery
Lee (see Lee IV).
CHAPMAN, Edwin N.,
Physician, Hospital Official.
The surname of Chapman, which sig-
nifies merchant, occurs among the earliest
of surnames, and the family in many of its
branches was somewhat distinguished at
an early period. There were several families
of Chapmans among the early New
England immigrants, many of whom
achieved distinction in their locality. The
patriotism of the family is shown in the
fact that twenty-seven are found on the
Connecticut Roll of Honor, who had
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served in the War of the Revolution.
(I) The ancestor of the family herein
under consideration was Robert Chapman,
who is believed to have been bom
in 1616. He came from Hull, England,
to Boston, Massachusetts, in August,
1635, and the following November was in
Saybrook, Connecticut. He married Ann
Blith or Bliss, April 29, 1642, and she died
November 20, 1685. Robert Chapman
died October 13, 1687.
(II) Deacon Nathaniel Chapman, son
of Robert and Ann (Blith or Bliss) Chapman,
was born February 16, 1653. He
was deacon of the Saybrook church for
many years. He served as representative
to the General Court for twenty-four sessions,
and was a large landholder, owning
fifteen hundred acres in Hebron. Deacon
Chapman married (first) June 29, 1681,
Mary Collins, of Guilford, Connecticut.
(III) Rev. Daniel Chapman, son of
Deacon Nathaniel and Mary (Col-
lins Chapman, was born March 14,
1689, and died at Greens Farms, Connecticut,
November 23, 1741. He was
graduated from Yale College in 1706,
being the first of the name to receive
a liberal education in America. He
then studied theology and was ordained
shortly after this time he was installed as
pastor of the Congregational church and
society of Greens Farms. He married
Grissel Dennie, of Fairfield, Cgnnecticut,
and she died January 10, 1754, at the age
of fifty-seven years.
(IV) Captain Phineas Chapman, son of
Rev. Daniel Chapman and his wife, Gris-
;