Descendants of Captain Benjamin Chapman

These are my research notes on preparing a list of the 7 generations of descendants of Captain Benjamin Chapman upto the time of the 1880 US Census.

Background
Benjamin Chapman was a captain in the armies of Cromwell that fought in the English Civil War. He was awared with the estate of Killua Castle in Ireland. One line of his family were barons of Killua Castle. One very prominent descendant here was T.E. Lawrence, AKA Lawrence of Arabia.

But his second son, Thomas, immigrated to New England and started a great posterity there. Several of these descendants fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War.

Legends and Myths
It had been rumored that Johnny Appleseed (Chapman) was of this American family line, but that is not true. He is a descendant of early New England immigrant Edward Chapman.

Chapman Family Research Task List

 * (1) Build Chart from top to bottom
 * (2) Clean up NFS from bottom to top
 * (X) Research or NFS Complete.
 * NFS Goal - add child, spouse and children and spouse's family thru 7th gen
 * 7th Gen Goal - identify children only (do not push for family detail beyond the US Census.)

Referencences

 * | Wikipedia - Benjamin Chapman
 * http://yagitani.jpn.cx/tel/tpc_en11.htm - The Family Tree of T.E. Lawrence
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Baronets - Chapman Baronets of Killua Castle
 * http://thepeerage.com/p21789.htm#i217889 - Peerage Listings for Capt Benjamin Chapman

Notable Descendants
See Wikipedia Links:
 * |T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") - illegitimate son of Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet
 * |Welcome Chapman