religion children birth_place title parents birth_date known_for spouse article_title name
anglican william chapman thomas chapman unknown -lrb- possibly county kerry , ireland -rrb- captain william chapman 1621 patriarch of the chapman baronets of killua castle anne parkinson benjamin chapman
 benjamin chapman
benjamin chapman

captain benjamin chapman -lrb- born 1621 -rrb- was the patriarch of the chapman baronets of killua castle .
chapman was a cornet in the regiment of cavalry raised by murrough o'brien , 1st earl of inchiquin .
he was later promoted to captain , and served in the cromwellian conquest of ireland .
after the conquest , oliver cromwell granted chapman an estate in the county of westmeath , at killua -lrb- also known as st. lucy 's -rrb- , a former preceptory of the knights hospitallers .
chapman 's father , william , and uncle , john , had been supported by their maternal first cousin , sir walter raleigh , who helped them procure land grants in the county kerry .
due to financial troubles and their patron raleigh 's death in 1618 , they were forced to sell the land to richard boyle , 1st earl of cork , for # 26,400 .
benjamin was william 's only son .
chapman married anne , daughter of robert parkinson -lrb- esq. of ardee -rrb- .
they had two sons , william and thomas .
william remained with his father at st. lucy 's and married ismay , daughter of thomas nugent -lrb- esq. of clonlost -rrb- .
thomas emigrated to america .
