10 . Chapman Family
           
      The first member of this family, Ralph Chapman, came to America on the ship "Elizabeth " in 1635.  He was a ships carpenter in Southwark, Surry, apart of present day London, England.  The first location of the family was in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA and then later they moved a short distance north to Marshfield.  His marriage is the first one recorded in Duxbury.

      RALPH CHAPMAN, born ca. 1635 England, married Nov. 23, 1642 Lydia Wills (Wells or Willis) in Duxbury.
      Children:     (All born in Marshfield, MA)
        MARY, born Oct. 31, 1643
        Sarah, born May 15, 1645
        A girl, born Oct. 5, 1649
        A boy, born 1651
        Ralph, bapt. Sep. 27, 1657 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.
      MARY CHAPMAN, born Oct. 31, 1643, married May 14, 1666 Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, William Troop of Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA (on Cape Cod)
      Children:
        MARY, born Apr. 6, 1667
        Thomas, born Sep. 16, 1683
        and others unknown
      MARY TROOP, born Apr. 6, 1667, married Nov. 4, 1686 Swansea, Bristol Co., MA,  John Barney, born Aug. 1, 1665 Salem, Bristol Co., MA, died 1728.
      (See Barney Family Addendum).

       Ref: (9), (32 v. l & 3).