Are You Related to Johnny ‘Appleseed’ Chapman?

7 thoughts on “Are You Related to Johnny ‘Appleseed’ Chapman?

  1. I’m related to Johnny through marriage. Finding a newspaper clipping in documents I inherited after my father’s death gave me the clue to determine the relationship. If you’re interested in more Johnny info – visit my blog, The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree: The Real Life of Johnny Appleseed at GenealogyAtHeart.com.

    1. Thank you for letting us know cousin.
      That’s a terrific blog post you wrote about him – full of valuable insights.

      You underscore what I find – that families just aren’t able to pass down ‘all’ of their family stories – even the really exciting ones. Like you – I find our old stories again and again – and wonder how it could be that the family didn’t pass along this fact or that fact. Where else we would learn these details, connections – only in newspapers.

      Keep up the good work!
      Tom

  2. My mother was a Chapman and we have traced back to Edward Chapman. He had four sons; one went down to Johnny Appleseed, and one came down to me. I am not a direct line, as Johnny Appleseed never married or had any children. We are cousins, just don’t know exactly how.

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