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Descendants of Champlin Progenitor 2009-510881

Fifth Generation

5. Slaver American, Newport, Rhode Island Champlin Christopher-256961 (Christopher , Christopher Jnr , Christopher , Progenitor 2009 ) was born in 1731 in Charlestown RI. He died in 1805.

gapskey for more re is he a client of LSF? Merchant, shipowner and financier, privateering, slave trade, West Indies trade. First ventures with shipmaster brother George being illegal trade with France and Spain. Has brother Robert. Contractor from 1764 re victualling of British ships at Newport RI, a contract awarded by Sir Alexander Grant. Fled RI during Am Rev. gapsbuel. Is he mentioned in Buel, p. 319? After the Rev he trades flaxseed to Ireland with Samuel Fowler of Ireland. He is in illegal trade with France and Spain, privateering, slaving, WI trade. See www.nexislexis.com/academic. He trades with Java, Denmark, England, Ireland, WI, Cuba, Belgium, Netherlands, Hispaniola, Batavia, Italy Germany, St Croix and Surinam. In the 1760s a Contractor he gained a victualling contract with British forces, with help of a relative of his wife, Sir Alexander Grant in London.

Christopher married Grant Margaret-256968 daughter of Captain of Providence RI Privateer Grant Sueton-256969 and Of East Hampton Long Island Talmage Temperancce-256970. Margaret was born in 1735 in Newport RI. She died in 1827 in Newport RI.

fix chapter six re her London connection gapsbuel. She is a relative of Sir Alexander Grant in London.

Christopher and Margaret had the following children:

	12	M	i	US Senator Champlin Christopher Grant-256975 was born in 1768. He died in 1840. He is an only son. His son an only heir dies in 1840 and the family is dissipated. He has many friends in Europe, he gets involved in Tennessee Co with Nathaniel Princce/Prime. He is a graduate from Harvard. He loses a fortune of his fr'smoney in stock speculation. Once president of Bank of Rhode Island. His Papers (1740-1800) are at Rhode island Historical Society Manuscripts Division and they identify ship names used to Ireland for flaxseed and to Europe and in Russia trade. Champlins dealt with Aaron and Moses Lopez.
				Christopher married Ellery Martha Redwood-256976 daughter of Ellery Benjamin-256977 and Redwood Mehitable-256978. Martha was born in 1771/1772. She died in 1847. She had no children.
+	13	F	ii	Champlin Margaret-510886 was born in 1764. She died in 1841.
+	14	F	iii	Champlin Elizabeth-452987.

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