# Samuel Chipman

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For the Nova Scotia merchant and political figure born 1803, see [Samuel B. Chipman](/source/Samuel_B._Chipman).

**Samuel Chipman** (October 18, 1790 – November 10, 1891) was a farmer, ship owner, merchant and political figure in [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia), Canada. He represented King's County from 1830 to 1843, Cornwallis Township from 1851 to 1859 and King's County from 1851 to 1863 in the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly).

He was born in [Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia](/source/Cornwallis,_Nova_Scotia), the son of [William Allen Chipman](/source/William_Allen_Chipman) and Ann Osborn. In 1815, he married Elizabeth Gesner, sister of [Abraham Gesner](/source/Abraham_Pineo_Gesner). He married Jessie W. Hardy in 1841 after the death of his first wife. Chipman served in the local militia and was also a [freemason](/source/Freemason). He received a number of appointments to patronage posts in King's County and Annapolis County over the years. In 1863, he was named to the province's [Legislative Council](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Nova_Scotia) and served until 1870, when he was named registrar of deeds for [King's County](/source/Kings_County,_Nova_Scotia). He retired from that post at the age of 98. Chipman died in [Kentville](/source/Kentville,_Nova_Scotia) three years later.

## References

- Miller, Carman (1990). ["Samuel Chipman"](http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6030). *[Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online](/source/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography_Online)*. Retrieved September 28, 2008.

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