Excerpt from The Chapman Family, or the Descendants of Robert Chapman, One of the First Settlers of Say-Brook, Conn: With Genealogical Notes of William Chapman, Who Settled in New London, Conn;; Edward Chapman, Who Settled at Windsor, Conn;; John Chapman, of Stonington, Conn;; And Rev. Benjamin Chapman, of Southington, Conn Chapman family in the Old World and'the New. The expense of a work of this sort can never be estimated by any but those who have been engaged in similar labors. A full pecuniary compensation can not be expected, as the sale of the work must be comparatively limited. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.