Mary POLLY CHAPMAN

Female 1770 - 1856  (86 years)


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  • Name Mary POLLY CHAPMAN 
    Born 1770  Genesee, Orange Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Mar 1856  Lampton Mills (on the Humber R.), Toronto Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I116  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2019 

    Family Isaac DEVINS
              b. 20 Nov 1768, Orange Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Mar 1858, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 1790  Genesee, Orange Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Nathan Martin was the husband of Elizabeth Devins [the Eldest Daughter of Isaac and Mary 'Polly'  Chapman Devins and moved to the USA .    This is noted in "The Abraham Devins and his Descendants Living in Canada and the USA Book written by William Duck, 1988.
    Children 
     1. Sarah DEVINS
              b. 1 Sep 1799, York Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Oct 1867, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. James Bernard DEVINS
              b. 1804, Humber River, Etobicoke Twp., (Toronto), Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Apr 1893, Town of York (Toronto), York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. Elizabeth DEVINS
              b. Bef 1798, York Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • M. Polly is the daughter of Hannah Tyler b. 14 Jun 1743, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut & Nathan Chapman who was one of the original settlers who lived in the South-east corner of Vaughan Twp.
      Nathan Chapman arrived in 1796 on horseback form Pennsylvania. Lot 28, Con. 1 Yonge St. West, Vaughan. In 1864 Nathan Chapman also purchased Lot 37, Con 1 Yonge St. which was farmed by son John & grandson Robt. Langstaff Secondary School is now located on this Lot 37, Yonge Street.

      . Polly's Grandmother, the widow Hannah Tyler Chapman live beside her at Lot 29. Hannah's second husband was Asa Johnson, of Yonge Street, Toronto.

      . Two Chapman sisters married two Devins brothers:
      Mary POLLY Chapman married 1790 Genese, NY, to Isaac Devins &
      Hannah ANNE Chapman married 1792 NY to Levi Devins.

      . The children of Polly Chapman & Abraham Devins are:
      Elizabeth Devins - 1793 Orange Co., NY-1870 Seneca, Ohio;
      Hannah Devins, 1795 Humber River, Toronto, Ontario-1875 USA;
      Sarah Devins, 1799-1867 Toronto;
      Rebecca Devins, 1802-1881 Toronto;
      James Bernard Devins, 1804-1893 Toronto;
      Nancy Devins, 1806 Toronto - 1877 Sombra Twp., Lambton, Ontario;
      John Chapman Devins, 1809-1893 Toronto, married 1832 Jennet Rogers, 1815-87;
      Lucy Devins, 1811-1894 Ontario &
      Albert Devins. - - -