Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Conrad Wise CHAPMAN was born on 14 Feb 1842 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; died on 10 Dec 1910 in Hampton, Virginia, USA.
2. John Linton CHAPMAN

Charles married Margaret Sarah GADSBY in 1807 in Virginia, USA. Margaret (daughter of John GADSBY and Sarah Sophia SMELT) was christened on 20 Sep 1789 in Christ Church, Southwark, London, Surrey, England; died in 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Susan EWELL. Susan was born in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1796-1808, Gadsby's Tavern, Alexandria, Virginia, USA; Tavern & Hotel Keeper
• Occupation: 1808-1819, Indian Queen Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Hotel Owner
• Bankruptcy: 1825; Feist, Christian F., "Lucas Vischer in Washington: A Swiss View of the District of Columbia in 1825," Records of the Columbian Historical Society, 1973-74, pp. 90-91 Second visit May 29-June 7, 1825 Gadsby's Hotel This inn passes for the foremost in the metropolis. Gadsby formerly kept the Indian Queen Hotel in Baltimore and at that time his house is said to have been the best in the United States. Nevertheless he went bankrupt, and now truly starveling conditions reign in his house. All is aimed at pretence. Five chafing-dishes permanently decorate the table; butter and occasionally radish is put upon them. ‘The lunch consisted of a poor soup and two main dishes, roast beef and ham, roast veal and fish, and so on; vegetables scarcely sufficient for two or three persons, almost every day fried chicken which in fact are parched cocks with really not the least to gnaw off. What I liked best were the strawberries for dessert; they are eaten in this country with cream or milk. Gadsby is a scoundrel who wants to do it right by making empty compliments, his bar keeper is a rude, jovial Irishman, his servants are an unruly mob of Negroes. Since I had met with much ado about this house, I found it in reality even more miserable. They were impudent enough to charge me $2 for the room, the same as the Count who had one of the best rooms, but I insisted on lowering it to the fixed price of $1 1/2. Another inconvenience of this inn is its location so far up in the town, closer to Germantown than to the busy part of Washington. I had to hurry to get in three quarters of an hour from the Capitol to this place."
• Probate: 28 May 1844, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; The Will of John Gadsby, of Washington, DC, is dated 11 Mar 1844 and probated on 28 May 1844. To Exrs. And trustees, all real estate and all right, title and interest in any land, with buildings, improvements, rights, ways, privileges, with confidence that trustees of Exrs. will permit wife (third) Provey Gadsby, during her lifetime, to use, occupy and possess, all lots and real estate in City of Washington, in Square 167, with all buildings, improvements, etc.: after death of wife to two daughters, Augusta McBlair and Julia Gadsby. To wife, all the following negro slaves: man Nace, or Ignatius Newton, aged about 50 yrs.; man Henry King, aged about 40 yrs.; woman Maria King, aged about 35 yrs.; girl Celia King, aged about 16 yrs.; boy Charles King, aged about 9 yrs.; girl Sarah Jane King, aged about 4 yrs.; boy George King, aged about 18 mos.; woman Maria Williams, aged about 30 yrs.; girl Martha Ann Williams, aged about 6 yrs.; girl Mary Ellen Williams, aged about 4 yrs.; boy James Williams, aged about 18 mos.; woman Keziah Williams, aged about 28 yrs.; Mary Frances Williams, aged about 7 yrs.; boy William Williams, aged about 5 yrs.; woman Rosa Marks, aged about 48 yrs.; Nancy Fairfax, aged about 45 yrs.; James Long, aged about 25 yrs. Also to wife, all household furniture, plate, pictures, library, groceries, liquors, linen, garden and other implements and utensils, horses and carriage, hay, grain, harness; all rents due and owing; subject to Exrs. allowing daughters Augusta McBlair and Julia Gadsby to receive rents and issues of real estate devised for their use, and after 12 mos. From my decease, rents and profits of following property: Lots 8 through 19 in Square 76, so as the same shall be used, occupied by said daughters Augusta and Julia. Trustees to hold west half of Lot 15 in Square 491, with buildings and improvements, in City of Washington, in trust for daughter Margaret S. Chapman during her natural life, to possess and occupy the same; at her death to daughter-in-law Mary Augusta Gadsby in fee simple without any control of her husband. Trustees to hold east half of Lot 15 in Square 491, as above, for use of daughter Ann Sophia Newton, during her natural life, that she use, possess and occupy the same; at her death to Margaret C. Newton, Maria Cooke Newton, Virginia Ann Newton, and Ann Augusta Newton, daughters of Ann Sophia Newton. Exrs. to sell remaining real property, and proceeds equally divided among my five children: Augusta McBlair, Julia Gadsby, Margaret S. Chapman, Ann Sophia Newton, and William Gadsby. Executors: Provey Gadsby, wife; friends James Eakin and Alexander McIntire, trustees and Exrs. of will Witnesses: James Adams, William Noyes, S.B. Boarman

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John married Sarah Sophia SMELT on 5 Aug 1787 in St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England. Sarah was born in 1769 in England; died in 1808 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Dorothy HILL on 25 Sep 1745 in St. Michael & All Angels Church, Church Broughton, Derby, Derbyshire, England. Dorothy was born in 1726; died on 5 Oct 1772; was buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, Snelston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary WHITEHEAD. Mary was born in 1682; was christened on 20 Jan 1682 in St. Peter's Church, Snelston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England; was buried in Jul 1753 in St. Peter's Churchyard, Snelston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Ann NEWHAM on 20 Jun 1678 in All Saints Church, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. Ann (daughter of John NEWHAM and Mary TATEHAM) was christened on 18 Dec 1649 in All Saints Church, Dalbury Lees, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]