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Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed . London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 294Will of Abel Chapman, Whitby, Gentleman sourced ...
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 285
English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English chapman, Old English ceapmann, a compound of ceap "barter", "bargain", "price", "property" + mann "man".
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