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CHAPPELL Thomas

Male 1678 - Bef 1726  (48 years)


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  • Name CHAPPELL Thomas  [1, 2] 
    Birth 1678  Charles City County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christening Y  [3] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 1690  Charles City County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Will 
    • The Thomas Chappell3, now referred to, was of the fourth generation, reckoning Captain John Chappell as the first, and was the third in succession in America to bear the name Thomas. He was the son of Thomas the second and his wife, Elizabeth (who was the daughter of James Jones), and a "grandson of the immigrant, Thomas1. I have been thus particular in designating him, as there were many Thomas Chappells in the family, especially in the first five or six generations. Without this precaution, the continued repetition of the same name would become so confusing that it would be impossible for the reader to distinguish one from another. The truth is, the entire vocabulary of Christian names among the early Chappells for several generations seems to have been confined to Thomas, Samuel, Robert, James, and John, all of which have been perpetuated even down to the present generation. This custom of perpetuating family names, which has prevailed among the Chappells for centuries, is a praiseworthy one. May it be continued in generations yet unborn.*
      Thomas Chappell3 was born in Charles City County, Virginia, between 1680-1690, and the first account we find of him is in his grandfather Jones' will, in which, it will be remem-bered, the following bequest was made:
      *For the purpose of distinguishing different individuals of the same name, but of different generations, I have adopted the plan in vogue in most genealogical works, of placing a numeral over the Christian name, thus indicating the order of the individual in line of descent.

      "Item. I give to my grandson, Thomas Chappell one hundred acres of land lying in Surry County from the Swamp south; joining upon William Cocke, above the outline; to him and his heirs forever."
      On June 19,1722, as shown by the following deed, recorded in Surry County, Thomas sold this tract of land to William Cocke, whose land it adjoined:
      "This indenture made the 19th. day of June, in the year of our Lord 1722, between Thomas Chappell, of the county of Prince George, Planter, of one part, and William Cocke, Planter, of the other part. Witiiesseth. That the said Thomas Chappell for and in consideration of the sum of Fifteen Pounds, current money, to him in hand paid, the receipt of the said sum whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, hath given, granted, bargained, sold and enfeofed a certain tract of land, containing one hundred acres, on the south side of Maine Blackwater Swamp in the Parish of Southwark in the county of Surry. The same being a part of Six hundred and forty acres patented by and granted to James Jones of the county of Prince George, now deceased, and by the last will of the said Jones devised unto the said Thomas Chappell.*
      (Signed) '"Thomas Chappell"
    Land 25 Apr 1701  [5, 6] 
    Land Patented 
    • 994 Acres
    Religion 1710  Prince George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Converted to Quaker when he married 
    Land 19 Jun 1722  Prince George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Land Sold from will 
    • On June 19,1722, as shown by the following deed, recorded in Surry County, Thomas sold this tract of land to William Cocke, whose land it adjoined:
      "This indenture made the 19th. day of June, in the year of our Lord 1722, between Thomas Chappell, of the county of Prince George, Planter, of one part, and William Cocke, Plant-er, of the other part. Witiiesseth. That the said Thomas Chappell for and in consideration of the sum of Fifteen Pounds, current money, to him in hand paid, the receipt of the said sum whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, hath given, granted, bargained, sold and enfeofed a certain tract of land, containing one hundred acres, on the south side of Maine Black-water Swamp in the Parish of Southwark in the county of Snrry. The same being a part of Six hundred and forty acres patented by and granted to James Jones of the county cf Prince George, now deceased, and by the last will of the said Jones devised unto the said Thomas Chappell.*
      (Signed) '"Thomas Chappell"
    Land 24 Mar 1725  Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Land Patented 
    • On March 24, 1725, Thomas Chappell patented three hundred and forty-five acres of land on the south side of Notto way River, in Surry County, in the same neighborhood in which his brothers, Samuel and James, located, about that time. (Land Book, Vol. XII., p. 150.)
      About 1710, Thomas Chappell married Hannah Hunnicutt, the daughter of a Quaker, and renounced the Established Church, in which he had been brought up, and to which his relatives belonged, and, as has been often the case, connected himself with the church of his wife's folks, a society of Quakers, who, a few years before, had established a "meeting," as their churches were called, in Prince George, known as "White

      '*This tract of land, containing six hundred and forty acres, was patented by Jones, August 17, 1715. It was located on the north side of, Maine Blackwater Swamp, in Surry County, and adjoined the lands of'Thos. Griffin. (Land Book, Vol. XII., p. 416.) He patented several other tracts.
    Religion Quaker  [1] 
    Death Bef 1726  Prince George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Notes 
    • His children's records are from Quaker records.
      If he could speak to us today, Robert Chappell I might describe his life as follows.
      I was born about 1680 to Thomas Chappell and Elizabeth Jones. Most records of Prince George County where we lived are missing so I can say little about myself. At least the will I made 3 February 1723/4 still remains. It reveals that I was hands-on planter, married to Sarah, and that I was then the father of 6 minor children. "Sick in body, but of good and perfect memory, thanks to Almighty God," I was dead within a year. After my widow, Sarah, married William Crawley, she and the children settled in Amelia County. Chappell women liked horses. I left Sarah a sidesaddle in my will, and 37 years later she left a sidesaddle to her daughter Ann Neal. Billy Crawley was wealthy so I am sure it was not the same one. Our son James Chappell directed the executors of his will to buy new sidesaddles for his wife and all his daughters. Among my descendants was James Chamberlayne Jones, congressman and governor of Tennessee.
      We have yet to identify Robert's wife, Sarah Chappell . Nor do we do not know anything about her family. Robert help inventory the estate of William Epes 7 April 1711.
    Person ID I2170  Booth Family
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2015 

    Father CHAPPELL Thomas, III,   b. 1650, Charles City County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1694 and 1700, Charles City County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Mother JONES Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1649, Prince George, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1725 (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1670  Charles City County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Family Source
    Alt. Marriage 1677  [10] 
    Alt. Marriage 1677 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HUNNICUTT Hannah   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1710  [11] 
    • About 1710, Thomas Chappell married Hannah Hunnicutt, the daughter of a Quaker, and renounced the Established Church, in which he had been brought up, and to which his relatives belonged, and, as has been often the case, connect el himself with the church of his wife's folks, a society of Quak-ers, who, a few years before, had established a "meeting," as their churches were called, in Prince George, known as "White
    Children 
     1. CHAPPELL Thomas,   b. Abt 1714   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. CHAPPELL Rebecca,   b. 1712, Prince George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1782 (Age 70 years)
     3. CHAPPELL Samuel,   b. 1718   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. CHAPPELL Margaret,   b. Abt 1721, Henrico County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1742 (Age ~ 21 years)
     5. CHAPPELL Benjamin,   b. Abt 1723   d. 11 Mar 1769 (Age ~ 46 years)
     6. CHAPPELL Martha,   b. Abt 1726   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. CHAPPELL John   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1678 - Charles City County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Will - 1690 - Charles City County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsReligion - Converted to Quaker when he married - 1710 - Prince George County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Land Sold from will - 19 Jun 1722 - Prince George County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef 1726 - Prince George County, VA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S282] Fletcher Trice, Fletcher Trice, (Ancestry.com fletcht2001@yahoo.com).

    2. [S283] Phill E. Chappell, Chappell History - Phil E. Chappell, (Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, Kansas City, Mo. (1900)).

    3. [S283] Phill E. Chappell, Chappell History - Phil E. Chappell, (Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, Kansas City, Mo. (1900)) (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S282] Fletcher Trice, Fletcher Trice, (Ancestry.com fletcht2001@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 1).

    5. [S1044] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S3] Phil E Chappell's Book & Hazard's 'Historical Collections' (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S315] John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, Pg 67 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S317] Quaker Records, Quaker Records.

    9. [S41] LDS IGI Data.

    10. [S902] Holloway Family Genealogy, Holloway Family Genealogy (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S315] John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, 1710 (Reliability: 3).



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