(Individual note) per Arianne L. PC p 262-263. on 1658 Freeman list. Probably came over as
servant to John Derby, d Yarmouth. a cousin.

TAG 61:2-6)

(Individual note) Buried Sandwich Cem. Info from Hugh Rutherford and Jeff Linscott
(Individual note) !BIRTH-DEATH: Mayflower Descendants, 3:181; MD 24:129.
(Individual note) !MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: Mayflower Quarterly, 47:28. 545

He was also said to have been born ca 1620/1. 271

“Elder John Chipman was the only son of Mr. Thomas Chipman of Brinspittal near Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England, who had had an estate there; b. about 1621. He had two sisters Hannah and Tamson, who remained in England. His father d. before he left England and his mother before 1642. He came to New England in May, 1637, in the service of his cousin Mr. Richard Derby, who settled in Plymouth. He had the trade of a carpenter. March 2, 1641-2, Ann Hinde, the wife of William Hoskins, aged about 25 years, being examined before Mr. Edward Winslow in a case between John Darby and John Chipman, made oath that she lived in the house of Mr. Darby’s father whith John Chipman at the time when ‘the said John Chipman came from Thence to New England to serve Mr. Richard Darbey, his brother.’ That she afterwards came over also to serve the said Richard Darby, ‘when old Mr. Darbey requested this deponant to comend him to his cozen Chipman, and tell him if hee were a good boy hee would send him over themoney that was due tohim when hee saw good; and further, wheras this deponant heard the said John darrbey affeirme that hismoney was paid to John Chipmans mother, shee further deposeth that his said mother was dead a quarter of a yeare or therabouts befoe her old master sent this message to his cozen Chipman.’ Feb. 8, 1657-8, hemade a declaration that he supposed himself to be about 37 years old and that the following May it would be 21 years since he came from england. He was the only son and heir of Mr. Thomas Chipman, late deceased at Brinspudel, about 5 m. from Dorchester, dorsetshire, and he had two sisters, Hannah and Tamson. His father had entailed to him and his heirs a tenement or tenements with a mill and other edifices belonging thereto in whitechurch of Marshwood Vale ner Birdport in Dorsetshire, worth £40 or £50 per annum. His father, while single, had sold them, he thinks about 60eyars before, to hiskinsman Mr. Christopher Derby of sturhillnear Bridport for only £40 and the agreement to maintain him during life with diet, apparel, &c. Derby gave him only a poor cottage and garden spot. John Derby, late deceased, of Yarmouth, had acknowledge to him (John Chipman) that his father Christopher had done him (John) much wrong. In August, 1643, he was not on the list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms. In 1646 he m. 1st in Plymouth Hope, second daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth (daughter of John) Tilley, his wife, Mayflower passengers. He was of Barnstable in 1649. His wife d. there Jan. 8, 1683-4, aged 54 years, and is buried in the ancient burying ground on Lothrop’s hill, where her gravestone was standing in 1860. He m. 2d Ruth Bourne, daughter of Mr. William Sargeant, b. in Charlestown Oct. 25, 1642, who had m. 1st Jonathan, son of Josiah Winslow of Marshfield and 2d Mr. Richard Bourne of Sandwich. Elder John Dhipman d. in Sandwich April 7, 1708. His 2d wife d. at Sandwich in 1713, leaving no issue. His will and inventory are printed in full in 3 Mayflower Descendant, 181-185. His 2d wife’s will appears in the same volume, pp. 185, 186. He later resided in West Barnstable (also called Great Marshes), and about 1680 removed to Sandwich. His 1st wife had joined the Barnstable church Aug. 7, 1650, and he joined Jan. 30, 1652-3. He was chosen one of the Ruling Elders of that church and was solemnly invested with with office April 14, 1670. He was the last Ruling Elder. Upon his removal to Sandwich strong, but ineffectual, efforts were made to retain him in Barnstable. He was a freeman in 1649. He served several terms as deputy to the colony court and as one of the selectmen and in orther important public capacities. June 5, 1663, he was one of those taking the Colonial Treasurer’s account. ‘For his public services the court in 1669 granted him one hundred acres of land, between Taunton and Titicut, which was afterwards confirmed to him.’ March 7, 1675-6, the court, considering the estate of Capt. John Gorham, ordered Mr. Hinckley, Mr. Chipman and Mr. Huckins ‘to take Care that such prte of the said estate which belongeth unto his youngest Children be prserved and Disposed of to them as they Come to be of age..[‘ He left a considerable estate.”543

“John Chipman m. Hope Howland, dau. of John Howland, which came over in the Mayflower.” 290

“John Chipman m. Hope _____, who d. 8 Jan., 1683; “ 274

“Elder John Chipman and Reverend John Smith were both highly respected early settlers at Barnstable. . . They were named on the committee to investiate the beliefs of the Sandwich Quakers, and concluded that the sect should not be persecuted, a courageous stand considering the emotion of the time. To the dismay of his church in Barnstable, Elder Chipman resigned his prestigious position and removed to Sandwich shortly after Smith settled here. He was immediately accepted as a townsman. More is known about Chipman’s English background than that of most migrants to the New World. He came from the small village of Brinspittal near Dorchester, Dorset. Thomas Chipman, his father, has inherited a valuable mill property s a yong man which had been administered and then taken over by a distant relative Christopher Derby. Thomas had later married, but had never received any capital from Derby. After Thomas’ death, his only son,john, at age seventeen emigrated to Plymouth in 1637 under indenture to Richard Derby, son of Christopher. When he was twenty-one, John Chipman made an effort to establish a claim against Christopher Derby, supported by testimony from Ann Hynd, a domestic from the Derby house, who had also come to Plymouth. Again in 1657/8 Chipman made a long deposition of his claim against the Derby estate in England, referring to his sisters Hannah and Tamson and other parties in the case. With the long chain of communication, and the absence of supporters in Dorset, plus the disturbed condition at the end of the Cromwell period, nothing seems to have been done and there is no record that Chipman got any part of his father’s property. However, he had a trade in Barnstable as a carpenter, and by public service and hard work earned a highly respected position in the community.” 780

“After the death of Hope, his wife, Elder Chipman married Ruth, the widow of Richard Bourne. They lived in the Bourne house in the Jarvesville arrea, where Ruth was well loved. . . Chipman died in Sandwich in 1708 at eighty-eight years and his burial marker survives in Old Town Cemetery.” 780

John Chipman “is interred in the original cemetery beside his second wife, Ruth. His grave marker is well preserved and easily legible. Reference has been made that he lived a few years during his youth with his uncle Christopher Derby who was prosperous at the time. He probably made provision for John to attend some sort of school where he learned to read and write. His popularity in later years indicates a cosmopolitan nature which foundation was earned in a healthy environment of the rich farming country which is Dorset. It is evident that he early absorbed the rudiments of farming, animal husbandry and poultry care. He was a good carpenter to which his many buildings attest. Growing up in that lush country, he developed the stamina, physique and fortitude which he manifested in his New England home. There is no likeness of him extant. However, we do know that most men of that time were short in stature, were ruggedly built with strong constitutions. The long length of life under rugged conditions proves this point. Refer to the specifications of the ship ‘Mayflower’ where head room between decks was suitable for people not taller than five feet, eight inches (5’ 8”). Perhaps the physical description of John’s grandson, the Rev. John (#6) may give us some hint of the appearance of this first John Chipman. Some families cite that over the years certain Chipman traits have remained constant and are recognized in many of the kin today. John and his older cousin, Richard Derby, sailed from Barnstaple, Devonshire, Eng. for the new world about May 1637 when he was seventeen years of age. In clement weather, the crossing of the Atlantic usually took about six weeks so we may estimate that he arrived in either Boston or Plymouth harbor during the summer of 1637. Some records say in the month of July and aboard the ship ‘Friendship’. However, no ships roster or other authoritative document has yet come to light confirming this report. But, up to 1850, he was the only man of the surname Chipman to come to New England. . . From 1637 to 1641, it is recorded that he was occupied as a carpenter erecting homes. One source indicates he may have worked for two years in Yarmouth with his cousin. Now, the Amos Otis papers (p. 156) states, ‘In Aug. 1643 he was absent from the colony, or was sick and unable to bear arms, but, it appears he was afterwards a resident of Plymouth.’ Research undertaken within the past three years in Dorset by Joan Brocklebank, indicates that perhaps John returned to Dorset to comply with the law by signing the Protestation Returns of 1641-42. Each male was compelled to reassert his fidelity and loyalty to the King as the only lord of the realm and head of the Church of England. Failure to be proven is, ‘Did John return to seek redress about his inheritance?’ which was due him, his father having died twenty years earlier? In any case, he returned to Plymouth and married Hope Howland in 1646.”781

“It was at the Rocky Nook home of John and Elizabeth Howland that presumably John Chipman wooed, won and married Hope Howland. An authority on Barnstable history [Miss Alice Beale] states that for the first three years, they probably rented home quarters while he plied his carpentry trade in Plymouth. But in 1649, they moved to Barnstable, Mass., having ‘that year, bought the homestead owned by Edward Fitzrandolphe’ the deed of which is in the records at Barnstable. The land included eight acres, bounded on the north by the County Road, presently Route 6A, east by the Hyannis Road, extending across the present line of the Railroad (now extinct), south by the commons and on the west by the homestead of George Lewis Sr. The deed also conveyed a garden spot and orchard on the north side of the County road. . . “782

“John Chipman was a selectman of Barnstable; a magistrate in Plymouth Colony and from 1656 to 1663 a ‘Deputy to the General Court’. During the introduction and spread of the Quaker faith, he, with three assistants, was designated to ‘frequent the meetings of the gathering and to endeavor to reduce the members from the errors of their wayes’. On Jan. 30, 1652 he was elected a member of the West Barnstable Congregational Church . . .This was the church founded in 1639 by the Rv. John Lothrop. . . The records of the Barnstable church contain this entry, ‘Henry Cobb and John Chipman were chosen and ordained to be ruling Elders and were solemnly invested with office upon ye 14th day of April, A.D. 1670’.”783

“John and Ruth Chipman. Elder John Chipman of Barnstable married, first, Hope Howland (John 1), who was the mother of all his children. After the death of Hope, who was buried at Barnstable, he married the widow Ruth (Sargent) (Winslow) Bourne, and removed to Sandwich, Mass. Elder John and Ruth Chipman are buried side by side in the old cemetery at Sandwich. the death records on the two stones read:
‘Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Elder John Chipman aged 88 years died April ye 7th 1708.’
‘Here Lyes Buried The Body of Mrs Ruth Chipman Aged 71 years Died october ye 4th 1713.’ 784

More data to be entered from “A Chipman Genealogy”.548

“After John Chipman died on April 8, 1708, his wife had him interred in the Bourne lot of the original Sandwich Cemetery, on a knoll overlooking Shawme Pond and directly across from the ancient Hoxie House (1680). . .The will of John Chipman, dated Nov. 12, 1702, mentions his wife Ruth, his children listed and his ‘grand children, Mary Gale and Jabez Dimock; also his friend the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Russell of Barnstable ‘who was his pastor, the third resident minister of the West Barnstable (John Lothrop’s) church. The amount of hard money and value of chattels listed totaled 92 pounds/6/ in his will proved May 17, 1708. At that time there were also 190 acres of land registered in his name. This was a fortune for pioneers of those days.”548

Photo of his tombstone on file.548

“Gravestone of Elder John Chipman reads: died Apr 7 1708 88years. (Old town Cemetery, Sandwich).” 785

“Will of Elder John CHIPMAN: <MD 3:181-5; Barnstable Co. PR 3:228-31> ...12 Nov. 1702, ment. compact madw with wf Ruth at their marriage; sons Samuel CHIPMAN, John CHIPMAN; grandchildren Mary GALE, Jabez DIMMOCCK; daus Elizabeth, Hope Lydia, Hannah, Ruth, Mercy, Berthia and Desire. Pr. 17 May 1708. Inv. gives his death date.”271

He was said to have married Hope Howland 13 Sep 1646. 538

“John Chipman, born 1613-14, who came to Boston, Ms., in 1631; married Hope Howland . . . Mr. Chipman first lived at Yarmouth, Ms., where his first child was born, 24 June, 1647; afterward at Barnstable (Marshes, now West Barnstable), Ms., wher were born his eleven other children. He was often a Selectman, a Deputy, (Representative,) and otherwise in public service. He was a Ruling-Elder in the Congrregational Church of said Barnstable; (which was originally formed in London, Engl, 1602, and of which the part that remained in England in England is still the Southwark Church in that city.) He died at his younger son’s or at his second wife’s house, in Sandwich, Ms., 7 April, 1708. His first wife, the mother of all his children, having not long survived her father, deceased 8 Jan. 1683-84. At least five of his daughters were married. By two sons, his eldest and only other son having died in infancy, have descended from him several thousand persons, including all; two thousand are in due order registered, who on this continent hear his 542

‘Declaration in Behalf of John Chipman’ and ‘Notes to Declaration of Ruling Elder John Chipman’ to be entered. 786

In Abstracts of the Earliest Wills it states:
“Mr. John Bursley, (Barnstable)
Inventory, 21 Aug. 1660 by John Smith and John Chipman. Am’t. £115.5s.” 333

“My said Grandfather John Chipman born 1615 Married a Daughter of the aforesaid Mr. Howland and settled at Barnstable, the next town but one which is Sandwich, to their Said Plimouth further on the Said Cape Cod, Plimouth being at the head of the Bay. he my Said Grandfather was an Elder in Minister Russels Congregational Church, in said Barnstable, and if I am not mistaken removed and lived in Said Sandwich the Latter part of his Day. He died aged 88. He had or left 10 children of which my honored father was the youngest. his Children generally lived to grow up and Marry and from whom proceeded a very Numerous offspring.” 787

“Elder John Chipman was the only son of Thomas of Whitechurch Canonicorum and Bryant’s Puddle, Dorset, England. He was born in Bryant’s Puddle, a hamlet about five miles east/southeast of Dorchester, England, and died at Sandwich, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is buried beside his second wife and under a legible grave marker at Sandwich Cemetery.
On 8 February 1650/51, John Chipman filed a declaration with the Plymouth Court which gave his age as thirty-seven and stated that he had been out of England for twenty-one eyars, fixing his birth about 1614 and his arrival in about 1630 at the age of sicteen. he died at Sandwich on 7 /april 1708, and his gravestone gives his age as 88. The Chipman Genealogy says he sailed from Barnstable, Devon, England, in May 1631.” 540

“John married first, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 1647, Hope Howland, daughter of Pilgrim John Howland of the Mayflower and his wife Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland. “540

“Before coming to the New World at the age of 16, John Chipman lived in England with a prosperous uncle, Christopher Derby, who probably made provision for John to attend school and thus learn to read and write. John and his older cousin, Richard Derby, sailed from Barnstable, Devonshire, England, for the New World about May of 1631. Later, John accused his uncle, Christopher Derby, of defrauding his father. In March, 1641, Ann Hinde, the wife of William Hoskins, testified that she had lived in the house of Mr. Christopher Derby at the same time as John Chipman and had been sent to New England to serve Richard Derby, Christopher’s son. When she came to New England, she was charged with reporting to Christopher Derby whether his ‘cozen Chipman’ . . . ‘were a good boy,’ and if so, ‘hee would send him over the money that was due him when hee saw good . . . ‘
The declaration referred to above, made in February of 1650/51, alleges that ‘Tenements with a Mill & other Edifice thereunto . . . in Whitechurch of Marshwood vale near Burfort . . . in Dorsetshire . . . worth 40 or 50 pounds p’Annum had been inadvisably sold by his father many years before to a kinsman, Christopher Derby, in exchange for care and maintenance for life. It claimed, on the word of Christopher Derby’s son, John Derby, who died in Yarmouth [Plymouth Colony], that Christopher Derby had not lived up to the terms of the sale but had, instead, provided Tohmas Chipman and his family with ‘only a poor Cottage and Garden Spott.’ The propery in Whitechurch, which had been ‘Entailed to [Thomas Chipman] & his Heirs for Ever,’ rightfully belonged to his only son, John Chipman, who had hesitated to claim it from the Derbys who were, apparently, rich and powerful. However, being advised by his friends that it was his duty, ‘for his own Comfort his wife and Children,’ he filed the declaration to enquire what might be done. The record does not show what the outcome was, but the declaration indicated a poignant time in John’s life as it sends his love to his sisters, ‘Hanner and Tamson,’ with whom he has had no contact, and asks that Mr. Oliver Lawrence of Arpittle, ‘who was an Intimate friend of his fathers’ be found.” 540

“John and his first wife probably rented home quarters temporarily while he plied his carpentry trade in Plymouth. They moved to Barnstable in 1649, havin gbought an eight-acre homestead there. Later, they moved to a larger homestead which he had constructed in 1659 at the Great Marshes (now West Barnstable). That Chipman home is said to have been a high, single house with a lean-to. John deeded that homestead to his older son, Samuel, after his second marriage in 1684. John was also granted land on the Taunton River ‘near Titicutt’ on 5 July 1669, and a 100-acre piece of land confirmed to him and others on 4 July 1673 was probably that same land.” 540

“Chipman was proposed as a freeman in 1649 and is listed under Barnstable in a 1658 list of freemen. In the 1670 List of Freemen, he was called ‘Elder.’ In 1652 he served on the Grand Jury for Plymouth Colony. Later that year, when the Court was approving Barnstable’s military, John Chipman of Barnstable was appointed to ‘receive the Oyle for the Countrey.’ He was a selectman of Barnstable from 1666 to 1668, and a surveyor of highways in 1669. During the years 1663 to 1666 and 1668 to 1669, he was a Deputy to the Plymouth Court.” 540

“John was also appointed by the Plymouth Court many times for other position of reponsibility. In 1666, along with William Crocker and Mr. [Samuel] Hinckley, two of the author’s ancestors, he helped settle a land dispute; in 1668, he was one of a group of seven men order by the Court to sell land on behalf of the Colony to Mr. Thomas Prence, its Governor; in october of that year he sat on a Coroner’s Inquest concerning the death of isaac Robinson, jr., who had drowned, and in February of 1675/6 and October of 1678, he assisted in the distributions of the estates of Mr. Gorham and Capt. Fuller.” 540

“In April of 1667, ‘the Councell of warr, being assembled att Plymouth,’ certain rules were set down for protecting its citizens in the event of ‘any exigent or suddaine occation,’ and the commissioned officers of ‘the severall milletary companies of this jurisdiction’ were assigned responsibilities. John Chipman, Mr. Thomas Hinckley, and Mr. Nath. Bacon were appointed to council for the town of Barnstable ‘to dispose of the generall stocke of armes and amunition in that towne or any pte of it as occation may require.’
During the introduction and spread of the Quaker faith, he and three assistants were designated to ‘frequent the meetings of the gathering, and to endeavor to seduce the members from the errors of their ways.’
On 30 January 1652, he was elected to membership in the West Barnstable Congregation Church which his wife had joined on 7 August 1650. He was chosen and ordained to be a ruling elder of that church on 14 April 1670.” 540

“After his marriage to Ruth, John and his wife removed to Sandwich against efforts to induce him to stay in Barnstable. The Church offered to pay him five or six pounds annually if he would resume the office of elder, and the town of Barnstable offered him a 100-acre grant of meadow lands if he woul dreturn. Those offers were in vain.” 540

“the bond of administration of John Howland’s estate. This bond is dated 5 March, 1672, and bears the autograph signatures of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, who was the executrix of her late husband’s will, and of two of her sons-in-law, John Chipman and John Gorham, who became her sureties. It also bears autograph signatures of Ephraim Morton and William Crow, the two witnesses.
This authograph of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland is believed to be the only one yet discovered, and we are not aware that it has been noticed by previous writers. it is interesting to note that Elizabeth Howland made ‘her mark’ on this bond by printing her initials, and that, thirteen years later, she signed her will in the same way. [Ante, III: 56.] “ [full text of the bond to be entered.] 306

“The native place of John Smith, the emigrant ancestor of this family, is not known. The particulars gaiven in a foot-note on page 68 of this volume, drawn from a document dated Feb. 8, 1652, relate to John Chipman, and not to John SMith. Through the kindness of C.C. P. Waterman, Esq., of Sandwich, Mass., we have been permitted to examine the original of this document, and we find the name written plainly Chipman. The document is now owned by William C. Chipman, Esq., of Sandwic. A copy is printed in the Register, vol. iv. pp. 23-4, furnished by the Rev. R. Manning Chipman, now of Lisbon, Ct. There are a few typographical errors there, which will be corrected in a future number of the Register.” 788

“Chipman, John (1620-1708) of Barnstable, MA. English home: He was born in Brianstspuddle, Affpuddle parish, Dorset (8 miles E of Dorchester), son of Thomas Chipman who came from Whitechurch Canonicorum, Dorset (4 miles NE of Lyme Regis). He came as a servant with John Derby on the ‘Speedwell’ in 1637. (Reference: Chipman Genealogy, by John Hale Chipman, 1970, NER 4:23, 91:159, and TAG Jan. 1985, p. 4).” 621

“Chipman, John (1620-1708) of Barnstable, MA.
The following background of John Chipman is taken from A Chipman Genealogy, by John Hale Chipman, III, 1970. In 1966 the author spent several weeks in England, visiting the british Museum in London, the Society of Genealogists, Harrington Gardens, and Dorset. At the Society of Genealogists, he was helped by the executive, Miss C.M. Mackay and in Dorset he was helped by Miss A. Mary Thompson of Poole, Dorset andSomerton, Somerset. He was also helped by Miss Joan Brocklebank of Greatfield House, Affpuddle, a staff member of the Dorset County Museum. The Chipman family lived at Briantspuddle and Affpuddle, Dorset (8 mi. E of Dorchester), and Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset (4 mi. NE of Lyme Regis), but the church records of Affpuddle for the early 1600’s are missing.” 544

“The will of Elder John Chipman of Sandwich was written on 12 November 1702. . . . With the exception of the personal estate in Sandwich left to Ruth, all the rest of the personal estate, both in Sandwich and in Barnstable, was to be divided among John’s daughters, viz: Elizabeth, Hope, Lydia, Hannah, Ruth, Mercy, Bethiah, and Desire [their married names were not given] or to their surviving children.” 540

“His will is dated Nov. 12, 1702, proved May 17, 1708. John Chipman resided in Yarmouth where his first child was born, then in Barnstable Marshes (West Barnstable) wherehis ten other children were born. He was a prominent man in Barnstable, holding the offices of selectman, deputy and the like, besides being a Ruling Elder in the church.” 275

He was buried in Sandwich Old Burying Ground (Grove Street near Main Street). His tombstone reads “Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Elder John Chipman aged 88 years died April ye 7th 1708.”
Regarding his tombstone, “the tympanum image is an indented skull in the style of William Mumford or Nathaniel Emmes.” 242

Tombstone visited and photographed by Barbara Fleming, August, 2001. Photos on file.
Tombstone is facing a tree and next to Ruth Chipman and read:
“Here Lyes Buried
ye Body of Elder
John Chipman
Aged 88 Years
Died April ye 7th
1708”77

Check Stone, “History of Beverly, MA”, pg 271 for physical description of grandson Rev. John.
Check Amos Otis papers, p. 156.
Check Hinman, “Roy Cat. of Names of Early Puritan Settlers of Conn. Case Fiffany, Hartford, 1852.
Check “Affpuddle in the County of Dorset (Commin, Bournemouth, 1968) pg. 105 and the name of John Chipman on the list.

“John Chipman - B.A. 1620. he died 7 Apr. 1708, age 88. He married (1) Hope Howland, who died 8 Jan. 1683, age 54 years, daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. He married (2) Ruth Sargent, 1684 (1642-1713), daughter of William Sargent. She married (1) Jonathan Winslow and (2) Rev. Richard Bourne, 1677.
John Chipman came in 1637 as a servant of Richard Derby. Much os this is taken from a statement he made on 8 Feb. 1657/8, at Barnstable, MA. He called himself only son and heir of Mr. Thomas Chipman, deceased of Brinspittle (Bryant’s Puddle), Dorset. he also listed tenements and a mill in Whitchurch and in Marshwood Vale near Burfort alias breadport, Dorset. (Note: Thomas Newberry also came from Marshwood Vale). John should have received his father’s land since the estate had been entailed to his father and his heirs forever.” 544

“John Chipman had eleven children and 90 grandchildren.” 544

“On 2 March 1641, Anne Hinde Hoskins made a deposition to Edward Winslow in a case between John Derby and John Chipman - Anne was living in the house of Christopher with John Chipman. John Chipman left for New England to serve Richard Derby. Cristopher sent a message with her to his cousin Chipman, ‘if he were a good boy he would send him over the money that was due him when he saw good’. John Derby affirmed that this money had already been paid to Chipman’s mother, but Anne knew that the mother had been dead a quarter of a year before the time of Christopher’s message.” 544

“Chipman, John (1620-1708) - Of Briantspuddle, Dorset and Barnstaple, MA came in 1637 as a servant of John Derby of Burton-Bradstock, Devon and Yarmouth, MA in 1637. (Ref: Search Series, Vol. 17, pp. 51-55). About 1598, John’s father, Thomas Chipman (1583-1623) turned some land over to Christopher Derby (1571-1640) father of Richard Derby and called him ‘kinsman’ but what their relationship was has not been found.” 638

“A brief Declaration with humble request (to whom these Presents Shall Come) for further Inquiry and Advice in ye behalf John Chipman, now of Barnstable in the Government of New Plymouth in New England In Ameria being ye only Son & Heir of Mr Thomas Chipman Late deceased at Bringpittoec about five miles from Dorchester in dorsetshire in England concerning [some certain] Tenement or Tenements with a Mill & other Edifice thereunto belonging Lying & being in Whitchurch of Marshwood vale near Burfort Breadport [the word foregoing is, in the original erased, by stroke of the pen,’ Alias Breadport in Dorsetshire aforesd heretofore worth 40 or 50 Pounds p Annum which were ye Lands of sd Thomas Chipman being entiled to him & his Heirs for Ever but hath for Sundry years [been] Detaned from ye sd John Chipman the right & only Porper Heir threrunto, By reason of Some kinde of Sale made of Inconsiderable value by the sd Thomas (In the time of his Single Estate not then minding marriage) unto his kinsman Mr Christopher Derbe Living Sometime in Sturtle near Burfort aforesd being as the said John hath been Informed, but for 40 lb And to be maintained Like a man with Diet Apparel &c by the sd Christopher as Long as the sd Thomas should Live whereat ye Lawyer wc made the Evidences being troubled at his Weakness in taking Such an Inconsiderable Price tendered him to Lend him money or to give to him ye sd Thomas Seven hundred Pounds for ye sd Lands But yet the matter Issuing as Aforesd The Vote of the Country who had knowledge of it was that the sd Thomas had much wrong in it Especially After it pleased God to change his condition, and to give him Children, being turned off by the sd Christopher only with a poor Cottage and Garden Spott instead of his foresd Maintainance to the great wrong of his Children Especially of his Son John Aforesd to whom ye Sd Lands by right of Entailment did belong Insomuch that mr William Derbe told the sd John but if yesd Lands prospered with him that he would than consider the sd John to do for him in way of recompense for the Same when he should be of capacity in years to make use thereof The sd John further declareth that one mr Derbe A Lawyer of Dorchester (he supposes ye father of that mr Derbe now Living in Dorchester) being a friend to the mother of the sd John told her being acquainted with ye Business ane sorry fo the Injury to her Heir, that if it pleased God he Liv’d to be of Age he would himself upon his own charge make A tryal for the recovery of it and in case he recovered it Shee Should give him 10 lb Else he would have nothing for his trouble and charge. Furthermore John Derbe late deceased of Yarmouth in New Plymouth Government Aforesd hath acknowleged her to the sd John Chipman that his father Christopher had done him much wrong in the forsd Lands but ye sd John Chipman being but in a poor and mean outward condition hath hitherto been Afraid to stir in it as thinking he should never get it from ye rich and mighty but being now Stirred up by some friends as Judging it his Duty to make Effectual Inquiry after it for his own comfort his wife and children which God hath been pleased to bestow on him if any thing may be done therein, & in what way it may be attained whether without his coming over which is mostly Desired if it may bee. Beause of exposing his wife & children to Some straits in his Absence from them, he hath therefore Desired these as aforsd Desiring also Some Search may be made for further Light in ye ase into the Records the conveyance of the Said Lands being made as he judgeth about threescore eyars Since as also that Enquiry be made of his Sisters which he supposeth lived about those parts and of whom Else it may be thought meet, and Advice Sent over as Aforsd not Else at present But hoping that there be Some Left yet in England alike pritied with him in 29 Job whom the Ear that heareth of m ay bless God for Delivering ye poor tha crieth & him that [the three next foregoing words are, in the original, erased by a stroke of the pen] hath no helper Being Eyes to the blind feet to the Lame A father to the Poor Searching out ye cause which he knoweth not, &c. [ ] Barnstable as Aforesd this 8th of Feb (51) [ ] he desires also Enquiry be made of his Ssiter those parchment writings concerned int he custody of his mother when he was there. John Chipman Desires his Love be presented to his Sisters Hanner and Tumson and to hear particulory from them in Lifing and doth further request that Enquiry be made of mr Oliver Lawrence of Arpittle who was an intimate friend of his father.
[On the left hand margin is written as follows, viz.] The sd John Chipman Supposeth his age to be about thirty seven years: it being next may Twenty & one yar Since he come out of England.” 789

“Elder John Chipman, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, was born about 1614, probably at Bryan’s Piddle, near Dorchester, England, the son of Thomas Chipman, and died at Sandwich, Massachusetts, April 7, 1708. He sailed from Barnstable, County Devon, England, in May, 1631, in the ship ‘Friendship,’ and arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, July 14, 1631. He settled in Plymouth, removed to Barnstable in 1649 after a stay in Yarmouth and came to Sandwich about 1680. He was a prominent man in these communities, serving as selectman, magistrate, deputy, and representative to the General Court. He is generally known as Elder John Chipman through his appointment as a ruling elder of the Barnstable Church. Elder John (1) Chipman married (first), in 1646, Hope Howland, who was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, August 30, 1629, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howalnd. “ 365

“Elder John Chipman. Born, circa 1620 (?) in Bryant’s Puddle, county Dorset, England, the son of Thomas Chipman. He died, 7 April 1708, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, and was buried in the Bourne Lot, in the Sandwich Cemetery. Probate of Estate: 17 May 1708, in Sandwich; Will November 12, 1702. Immigration: circa 1637(?) in Boston or Plymouth, Massachusetts, with his cousin. Occupation: Carpenter.” 287

“John Chipman married, first, Hope Howland, before 1648 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. . . . John Chipman was a selectman in the town of Barnstable and a magistrate in the Plymouth Colony; during the period of 1656 to 1663 he was also a ‘Deputy to the General Court’ of the Colony. Both he and his wife Hope were members of the Congregational Church in West Barnstable founded by Reverend John Lothro in 1639. John Chipman and Henry Cobb were chosen to be Ruling Elders of the church in 1670. Following the death of his wife, Hope, John Chipman married, second, Ruth Sargent, circa 1684 (?). . . ” 287

“John Chipman was born, probably at BryansPiddle, near Dorchester, England, about 1614; died April 7, 1708. Always brotherless and early left fatherless, he sailed from Barnstable, Devon County, England, in May 1631, in the ship Friendship, arriving in Boston, July 14, 1631. John Chipman was the first and only one of the name to seek a home in America, and up to 1850 there was no Chipman in this country who was not descended from him.
On March 2, 1642 he brought a suit against his cousin, John Derby to recover money which he affirmed the said John derby unjustly withheld from him. How this suit resulted does not appear. John Chipman was for successive years a selectman, then in Plymouth Colony invested with the authority of a magistrate, and was often a “Deputy to Court;’ and he with three assistants was designated to frequent the early Quaker meetings and ‘endeavor to reduce them from the errors of their ways.’ He became on June 30, 1653, as his wife had become Aug. 7, 1650, a member of the church at Barnstable, Mass., and its records state that, ‘Henry Cobb and John Chipman were chosen and ordained to be ruling elders of this same church and were solemnly invested with office upon ye 14th day of April, A.D. 1670.” 547

“In 1646 John Chipman married Hope, second daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tillie) Howland, born in Plymouth, Mass., 1629; died 1683. There stands, or lately stood, in the ancient burial ground on Lothrop Hill in Barnstable, Mass., a headstone denoting where was ‘interred ye body of Mrs. Hope Chipman, wife of Elder John Chipman.’ In 1684 he married Ruth, youngest daughter of William Sargent, born in Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 25, 1642; died in Sandwich, Mass., Oct. 4, 1713. She had previously married Jonathan Winslow of Marshfield, and after his decease she married, in July 1677, Rev. Richard Bourne who died in 1682.” 547

“The will of John Chipman, dated Nov. 12, 1702 proved May 17, 1708, mentions his ‘wife Ruth,’ the children named below and his ‘grandchildren Mary Gale and Jabez Dimock, and his friend Mr. (Rev.) Jonathan Russell of Barnstable.” 547

“His children were all by his first marriage and except a son and daughter who died in infancy, all survived him as follows . . .
Elizabeth born June 24, 1647
m. Hosea Joyce . . . “ 547

“Dorsetshire
Name of the Emigrant: Chipman, John
English Parish Name: Whitchurch
New England Town: Plymouth, Mass.
Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Various Reference: Boston T. 15 Apr. 1908” 192

“In his will, dated 25 June 1672 and priced 1 July 1672, ‘Thomas Shaue’ bequeathed to . . . ‘’Elder John Chipman’ moveables . . . ‘my well beloved friend john Chipman’ to be sole executor; residue to ‘my kinsmen Robert Parker and Elisha’s children’ [PCPR 3:1:42-43; MD 19:162-63].” 419

“The Last Will and Testament of Elder John Chipman of Sandwich in ye County of Barnstable in ye Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England . . .
I Will and bequeath to my Daughters Elizabeth: Hope Lydia Hanah Ruth Mercy Bethiah and Desire; the hole of my movable Estate In Sandwich and barnstable (onely Still Excepting ht efull half thereof before bequeathed to my Wife: and those partiulars before Exprest that are Given to my so[n] Samell to be Eqauily Divided between my Sd Eight Daughters: and In case any of my Sd Daughters be Dead before their Receiving of this my bequest my will is that Their part be Given and Distributed Eaquily to their surviving Children. . . “ [full text of will and inventory to be entered] 287