Born about 1775 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Chapman — married about 1795 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died before 1864 before about age 89 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Anne "Nancy" Ford was born 20 MAY 1775, at MORRISTOWN, NJ

Sources

"New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZD-5ZD : 18 January 2020), Demas Ford in entry for Anne Ford, 1775.

"The Chapman family, or, The descendants of Robert Chapman : one of the first settlers of Say-Brook, Conn. : with genealogical n for." The Chapman family, or, The descendants of Robert Chapman : one of the first settlers of Say-Brook, Conn. : with genealogical n for. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 May. 2018. .

Parents

Father: FORD, DEMAS (-9 JAN 1816 MORRISTOWN, NJ)^[1]

Mother: LEWIS, MARY (1755 MORRISTOWN, NJ - 17 SEP 1783 MORRISTOWN, NJ)^[2]

Marriage

In 1795, Nathaniel Chapman married Nancy Ford at Morristown, NJ^[3]. Their children were:

Eliza, born August 24 1797 at Newburgh, New York, died May 7 1834. Eliza Chapman, eldest daughter of Nathaniel Chapman was married in Morristown, New Jersey July 5 1819, to Allen Fiske, then a lawyer resident in New York city. Of this couple and their children a full and lengthy history has already been given among the descendants of Hon Wm. Fiske.

Anne Maria, born March 21 1804 at Troy, NY, died January 16 1836 George L., born late 1805 at Troy, NY, died in April 1857 Charles H, born late 1807 at Troy, NY, died in 1854 William T., born April 19 1815 at Morristown, NJ Caroline P, born January 10 1821 at Morristown, NJ, died at Chicago, IL.

Soon after Nathaniel Chapman's marriage with Nancy Ford, Nathaniel settled in Newburgh, NY, where his first child Eliza was born. But afterwards he removed to Troy, NY, where he acquired a handsome real estate, lived in his own house, held the office of Justice of the Peace, and was well esteemed among his fellow citizens. During his residence in Troy, NY, his daughter Anne Maria, and sons George and Charles were born.

At her father's death Mrs. Nancy Ford Chapman inherited a small farm in New Jersey about two miles from the village of Morristown, NJ to which Mr. Chapman removed with his family. There his two youngest children William and Caroline were born, and his oldest daughter, Elisa, married. But disgusted with farming to which he had not been bred, nor sufficiently inured, he returned in April, 1821 to his former home in Troy, NY, where he remained until his death in May 1824.

Mrs. Nancy Ford Chapman survived her husband many years, and in 1836, she removed with her daughter Caroline to Chicago, IL, at whose house, in The Grove, she died in 1850, far advanced in years. She was an active and industrious woman attached to the Presbyterian faith, skillful and enterprising in business.

Death

Mrs. Nancy Ford Chapman, survived her husband many years, and in 1836, she removed with her daughter Caroline to Chicago, IL, at whose house, in The Grove, she died in 1850, far advanced in years.

Note: In about 1853, daughter Caroline Phoenix Chapman's husband, Dr William H. Kennicott removed to "The Grove" on the Chicago and Milwaukee RR that he purchased and resided on a fine farm which he cultivated with much skill and taste, continuing his dental practice meanwhile in the city as formerly.^[4]

Sources

• Google Boks: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 53 (Google eBook), Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Louis Effingham De Forest, Charles Andrew Ditmas, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1922 - New York (State)- [1]

• The Fiske family: a history of the family (ancestral and descendant) of William Fiske, sen., of Amherst, N.H... (Google eBook) - A.A. Fiske, 1867 - Reference - 208 pages

• COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF HARTFORD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT, CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS, AND OF MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLED FAMILIES. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: J. H. BEERS & CO. 1901. Classifications Library of Congress F102.H3 C7 ; The Physical Object, Pagination 2 p. l., 1591 p. port. Number of pages 1591. ID Numbers Open Library OL24543467M Internet Archive ommemorativebio03chic LC Control Number 02019053 [2] [3]^[5]