***-----Original Message----- ***From: Ruy Cardoso [mailto:ruy_cardoso@yahoo.com] ***Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 5:50 PM ***To: MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com ***Subject: [MFLR] Chipmans in Maine *** *** ***Hello, all. *** ***In my work on some of my wife's Maine ancestry, I seem ***to have gotten back to a couple named James Hodgkins ***and Deborah (__) Hodgkins, who were having children in ***Poland ME in the 1780s and 1790s (from a transcription ***of early Poland VRs in the NEHGR). Among the children ***of this couple was a son named Chipman ***Assuming that the name is indeed Chipman, I naturally ***wonder if mother Deborah's maiden name was Chipman, in ***turn making me wonder if she was a Howland descendant ***via Hope (Howland) Chipman. Hi Ruy, As is so often the case, I don't really know anything useful. I looked at almost a dozen of my CDs and checked GenealogyLibrary.com for a Deborah Chipman of the right time with no success, but I did note, as you may have yourself, that in the 1790 census for Bakerstown Plantation, out of which Poland and some other towns were created, there are three Chipman households--there's a Benjamin, a David and a William. You'd have to check this if you're interested, but I think the Daniel and William would be too young--born at about the time your Deborah would have been born. After struggling through the census page images at Ancestry.com I discovered that I needn't have because a census transcription has been done and posted at Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mewaldo/Bakerstown1790.htm One can even use the "find" feature of his browser to find the names. I don't know that this goes anywhere. I looked at some of those notorious internet files, particularly at Rootsweb's WorldConnect, and I guess this Chipman family does go back to John and Hope--some people said so, but didn't provide sources. But there didn't seem to be any sign of a Deborah, or much space for her if the files are correct. Perhaps you can find a connection. I know that Chipman was used as a given name in a Swift family, and perhaps it is possible that this child was named not for someone with the Chipman surname, but for someone who had Chipman as a given name and the link to the Chipman family might be another generation or so back. There seemed to be many familiar names from Plymouth County in the 1790 Bakerstown Plantation census. Or I suppose it might even be that the child was named for one of these Chipmans, but it wasn't because of a blood connection, though that doesn't feel too good to me. Good luck--I hope someone else does better for you.
Sarah Cushman m. Daniel Soule in 1783. Sarah according to my record was born Nov 29, 1759 but of course, I can't locate my documentation. Does some kind person have where I can locate this info. Head held down.. Paper everywhere but not the one I need.. Thanks Dianna