George Chappell

Birth:  28 APR 1616  England Immigration:  1634 Note:  Possibly came over from England to Massachusetts at this time.  Is the right age for this to be him. Birth of Daughter:  1643 Name:  Mary Chappell Place:  Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut Birth of Daughter:  01 SEP 1645 Name:  Abigail Chappell Birth of Daughter:  21 SEP 1647 Name:  Sarah Chappell Birth of Daughter:  10 OCT 1649 Name:  Rachel Chappell Birth of Son:  10 OCT 1649 Name:  John Chappell Birth of Son:  17 MAR 1652/53 Name:  George Chappell Place:  New London Co, Connecticut Birth of Daughter:  30 AUG 1656 Name:  Elizabeth Chappell Birth of Daughter:  15 APR 1662 Name:  Hester Chappell Birth of Daughter:  14 FEB 1664/65 Name:  Sarah Chappell Resident's List:  1668 Place:  New London Twp, New London Co, Connecticut Birth of Son:  21 MAY 1668 Name:  Nathaniel Chappell Birth of Son:  07 OCT 1671 Name:  Caleb Chappell Death:  1709  New London Co, Connecticut parents are Alexander Chappell and Johan Ellet

Name: George> Chappell , "Christian" Immigrant Sex: M Birth: 28 APR 1616 in Barnstable, Devs., Eng. Death: JUN 1682 in New London, New London Co., CT Immigration: 1635 "Christian" Note: George Chappell emigrated to Windsor, CT, in 1635, in the ship "Christian", from London, as one of a party of workmen sent out by Sir R. Saltonstall to prepare him a place at Windsor, where Saltonstall intended ultimately to settle. The list of passengers of the ship "Christian" indicates that George Chappell traveled under the control of John Cribb, age 30; although Cribb does not appear to be a relative. The aforementioned party of workmen was in the charge of Mr. Francis Stiles, a citizen and master builder of London, whom Saltonstall had chosen as the agent and manager of his proposed plantation, and George Chappel and other passengers were indentured as apprentices to Stiles, as appears from an order of Court at Hartford, CT, 26 March 1637, "ord. that Mr. Francis Stiles shall teach George Chapple, Thomas Cooper, and Thomas Barber, his servants, in the trade of a carpenter, according to his promise, for their service of their term, behind 4 days in a week only to saw and slitte their own work." Stiles arrived on the same ship, and probably brought the three with him and paid their way. Chappell seems not long to have remained at Windsor, for before April, 1641, he had a house and lot in Wetherfield, nor is his further conection with Wetherfield known after the record of the birth of his third child in October, 1649. In 1650, Cha;;ell removed to New London, CT, with wife Margery Christian and children Mary, Rachel, John, and George. Children born in New London were Elizabeth, Esther, Sarah, Nathaniel, and Caleb. He served in the Pequot Indian War. The first session of the General Court, with a Committee or Lower House, was held upon the first dat of May, 1637, for the purpose of declaring war against the Pequot Indians, which was also the first declaration of war by CT - the first victory as well as the first and last territory ever held by conquest by the colony. 1637 was the first military draft for soldiers in the colony. The people were taxed for 520 lbs. to defray the expense of the war. At the time of his death, he was a landowner.

 

Margery Christian
Birth:  1624  Hartford, Connecticut Death:  probably in Wethersfield, Connecticut parents are unknown

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