Thomas CHIPMAN
- BIRTH: 17 Nov 1687; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts (now part of USA)
- DEATH: 5 Aug 1752; Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut (now part of USA)
- BURIAL: Lime Rock Cemetery; Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
Father: Samuel CHIPMAN
Mother: Sarah COBB
Family 1: Abigail LOTHROP
- MARRIAGE: 26 Apr 1711; Stonington; New London Co., Connecticut (now part of USA)
- CHILDREN:
- Thomas CHIPMAN
- Abigail CHIPMAN (d. young)
- Abigail CHIPMAN
- Sarah CHIPMAN
- Samuel CHIPMAN
- Barnabas CHIPMAN
- Seth CHIPMAN
- John CHIPMAN
- Amos CHIPMAN
- Jonathan CHIPMAN
_Thomas CHIPMAN ___
_John CHIPMAN ___|
| |// DERBY __________
_Samuel CHIPMAN _|
| | _John HOWLAND _____
| |_Hope HOWLAND ___|
| |_Elizabeth TILLEY _
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|--Thomas CHIPMAN
|
| ___________________
| _Henry COBB _____|
| | |___________________
|_Sarah COBB _____|
| _Samuel HINCKLEY __
|_Sarah HINCKLEY _|
|___________________
Notes
Updated January 25, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Barnstable
"Samuel CHIPMAN & Sarah COB... Their Son Thomas born 17 Nov 1687"
(2) Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 via Ancestry.com: Volume 2 (Howland)
"CHILDREN of Samuel CHIPMAN-3 & Sarah COBB... Thomas CHIPMAN-4, b. 17 Nov. 1687" [Barnstable VR]
(3) Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records via Ancestry.com: Stonington
"CHIPMAN... Thomas, m. Abigail LATHROP, Apr. 26, 1711, by Rev. James NOYES" Volume 1, Page 26.
(4) Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Mass.] Families Volume I. Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, F.B. & F.P. Goss (the "Patriot Press"), 1888. Page 161-162.
"Children of Dea. Samuel CHIPMAN born in Barnstable. I. Thomas, born, 17th Nov., 1687. He removed to Groton, Conn., were he remained several years, and from that town removed to Salisbury, Conn., where he held high rank in the town and county. He was appointed judge in 1751; but died before he held court. His son, Samuel, who removed to Tinmouth, Vt., was the father of Chief Justice Nathaniel CHIPMAN, L. L. D., and of the late Hon. Daniel CHIPMAN of Vermont."
(5) Chipman, Alberto Lee. The Chipman Family, a Genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631-1920. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, B. L. Chipman, 1920. Pages 17-18.
"Thomas CHIPMAN, oldest son of Samuel CHIPMAN, was born in Barnstable, Mass., Nov. 17, 1687; baptised Aug. 30, 1691; died Aug. 5, 1752. He lived in Stonington, Conn., and Dec. 27, 1714 became a resident of Groton, Conn. In the later place he was chosen tavern-keeper, March 17, 1715; a lister and rate-maker, Dec. 29, 1716. He bought land of Robert BURROWS and of Joseph PAGE, executor of Jos. SAXTON of Stonington, by deed recorded June 3, 1716, a part or all of which land he conveyed to his father June 3, 1717. He was one of the early members of the church in Groton. He removed to Salisbury in 1741, settling near Lamb's Iron Works, and was the proprietor of a saw and grist mill there. His name preceded by that of the pastor-elect appears with nine others as a founder of the Salisbury Congregational Church organized in 1744. He was the treasurer and a selectman of Salisbury in 1744 and the Justice of the Peace first commissioned there. On the organization of Litchfield County, 1751, he was appointed the first Associate Judge of the County Court."
"He married at Stonington, Conn., April 26, 1711, Abigail LOTHROP, probably either the daughter, born April 23, 1689, of John and Mary (COBB) LOTHROP, or the daughter born Aug. 10, 1693, of Samuel and Hannah (CROCKER) LOTHROP, both of which were the prosterity of Rev. John LOTHROP. Ten children,-- Thomas, born June 4, 1712. Abigail, Dec. 9, 1714; d. inf. Abigail, June 27, 1716. Sarah, July 7, 1718. Samuel, March 22, 1721. Barnabas, Feb. 4, 1723. Seth, July 12, 1724. John, about 1726. Amos, about 1727. Jonathan, Oct. 24, 1729"
(6) Mayflower Deeds and Probates via Ancestry.com: (Howland)
"Will of Thomas CHIPMAN of Salisbury CT. [Litchfield CT PR #1432]... dated 31 July 1752, mentions wf Abigail and children: Thomas CHIPMAN, John CHIPMAN & his wf, Samuel CHIPMAN, Jonathan CHIPMAN, Sarah BIRD & Amos CHIPMAN. Pr. 2 Sept. 1753 or 8 Apr. 1754"
(7) Find a Grave
- Name: Thomas Chipman
- Birth: 17 Nov 1687; Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Death: 6 Aug 1752 (aged 64); Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
- Burial: Lime Rock Cemetery; Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
- Memorial ID: 55235018
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Additional Notes.
Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Samuel Chipman -3; Thomas Chipman -4.