FATHER

Thomas Chipman

WIFE

Hope Howland

CHILDREN

1. Elizabeth Chipman
    b. 24 June 1647 Plymouth
    m. Abt. 1671 Hosea Joyce
    d. Aft. 1712

2. Hope Chipman
    b. 31 Aug 1652 Barnstable
    m. 10 Aug 1670 John Huckins
    m. 1 Mar 1683 Jonathan Cobb
    d. 26 Jul 1728 Middleborough, Plymouth, MA

3. Lydia Chipman
    b. 25 Dec 1654 Barnstable
    m. John Sargeant
    d. 2 Mar 1729/30

4. John Chipman
    b. 02 March 1656/7
    d. 29 May 1657

5. Hannah Chipman
    b. 14 Jan 1658/9
    m. 1 May 1680 Thomas Huckins

6. Samuel Chipman
    b. 15 April 1661
    m. 27 Dec 1686 Sarah Cobb
    d. 1723

7. Ruth Chipman
    b. 31 Dec 1663
    m. 7 Apr 1682 Eleazer Crocker

8. Bethiah Chipman
    b. 01 July 1666
    m. Shubael Demmick 

9. Mercy Chipman
    b. 06 Feb 1668
    m. Nathaniel Skiff
    d. 12 Jun1724

10. John Chipman
    b. 03 March 1670/1
    m. Mary Skiff
    m. Elizabeth Handley
    d. 4 Jan 1756

11. Desire Chipman
    b. 26 Feb 1673/4
    m. Melatiah Bourne

John Chipman
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2023
 

According to Findagrave, John Chipman was born 3 Jun 1621. (1)  Other sources give a baptismal date of 30 Aug 1621.  However, these dates have not been corroborated.  In 1658 he declared himself to be 37 years old which would, however,  make him born in 1621.  He also said in that statement he was a son of Thomas Chipman of Brinspittel, near Dorchester, England. (2) He had two sisters, Hannah and Tamson.  His father had died when he was young and he had gone to live with his uncle Mr. Christopher Derby, with the agreement to "maintain him during life with diet, apparel, etc.   Derby gave him only a poor cottage and garden spot. "   Later John Derby, son of Christopher, acknowledged to John Chipman that Christopher, the father of John Derby, had "done him much wrong." (3)
In May of 1637, John Chipman came over to the colonies with Richard Derby, a son of Christopher. His sisters remained in England. John Chipman married Hope Howland in 1646. (3) They had 11 children.  His wife, Hope, died 8 Jan 1683/4 at the age of 54.  John Chipman remarried to Ruth Sargeant about 1685.
John Chipman wrote his will on 12 Nov 1705 naming his "dear and loving wife" Ruth and his ten children. (4)  He died in Barnstable17 Apr 1708. (5)

Sources

(1) Findagrave

(2) Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families by Amos Otis, 1888 page 153

The declaration of John Chipman in 1658 can be seen in its entirety.

 " - is given a statement or 'a brief declaration in behalf of John Chipman, of Barnstable, 1658,' in which he declares himself to be 'ye only son and heir of Mr. Thomas Chipman late deceased at Brinspittell about five miles from Dorchester in Dorcetshire in England,' and supposes his age to be thirty-seven years, it being twenty-one since he came from England, making the year of his birth 1621. He had two sisters, Hannah and Tamson, and his father dying early, he lived with an Uncle Mr. Christopher Derby. 'In May, 1637, Richard Derby (a son of Christopher) came to New England, bringing with him his cousin John then sixteen years old, and others in capacity of servants.' Richard settled at Plymouth where he remained several years, but no mention is made of John till the spring of 1642, when he had arrived at legal age. 'It is probable that during the four years that intervened he had served an apprenticeship.' In 1646 he married Hope, second daughter of Mr. John Howland, and was living at Barnstable in 1649, having purchased a homestead next to that of George Lewis, Sr., it containing eight acres and also a 'garden spot and orchard.'
His wife, Hope, died at Barnstable, January 8 or 18, 1683, and was interred in the old cemetery, where it is said, her tombstone is still standing, and in good preservation, the inscription being as follows:
Here Lyeth-------, interred ye Body of Mrs. Hope Chipman, wife of Elder John Chipman, Aged 54 years, who changed this life for a better, ye 8th of January, 1683"
Reference is made to John having married a second time in 1684, but the wife's name is not mentioned. He removed to Sandwich, but reappears in Barnstable. 'His removal was deeply regretted by the people and many efforts were made to induce him to return,' the town voting him a liberal grant of meadow lands; and agreeing to pay him if he would resume the office of elder.
In June 1659, he, with three others, was appointed by the Plymouth Colony Court, to attend the meetings of the Quakers 'to endeavor to reduce them from the error of their ways.' He was appointed important tasks in the colony, was representative to the court for five years, and selectman for Barnstable for four."

(3) Nicholas Snow of Eastham, by James W. Hawes, 1916 pages 20-24

(4) Will of John Chipman
FHL film 904598 image 332
Will written 12 Nov 1705
Probated 17 May 1708
Mentions: Ruth "Dear and loving wife"
Sons: Samuel and John
Daugjhters: Elizabeth, Hope, Lydia, Hannah, Ruth, Merry, Bethia and Desire.
Signed with his mark

(5) Findagrave

Tombstone Inscription
"Here Lyes Buried
ye Body of Elder
John Chipman
aged 88 years
Died April ye 7th
1708